Procurator
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Procurator may refer to:
Legal
Public procurator
, a position in some civil law systems, analogous to both detective and public prosecutor, including:
- Procurator (Roman)Procurator (Roman)A procurator was the title of various officials of the Roman Empire, posts mostly filled by equites . A procurator Augusti was the governor of the smaller imperial provinces...
, the title of various officials of the Roman Empire - PromagistratePromagistrateA promagistrate is a person who acts in and with the authority and capacity of a magistrate, but without holding a magisterial office. A legal innovation of the Roman Republic, the promagistracy was invented in order to provide Rome with governors of overseas territories instead of having to elect...
, an appointed position in the Roman Republic by the Senate, acting in place of a curator - Roman Procurators of Judaea Province, 44-132 AD
- Procurator (Teutonic Knights), a function in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights
- The head of one of the "nations"Nation (university)Student nations or simply nations are regional corporations of students at a university. Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, they are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland...
, regionally-based separate corporate bodies in certain universities, most famously the medieval University of ParisUniversity of ParisThe University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
. - Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandProcurator to the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandThe Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the principal legal advisor to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The holder of the office is invariably a Queen's Counsel in Scotland...
, chief counsel to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland - Procurator General, formal title of the Treasury SolicitorTreasury Solicitor's DepartmentThe Treasury Solicitor's Department is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Service.The Department is headed by the Treasury Solicitor. This office goes back several centuries...
Legal
Public procurator
Public procurator
A public procurator is an officer of a state charged with both the investigation and prosecution of crime. The office is a feature of a civil law inquisitorial rather than common law adversarial system of law and is usually found in current or former communist states...
, a position in some civil law systems, analogous to both detective and public prosecutor, including:
- Procurator FiscalProcurator FiscalA procurator fiscal is a public prosecutor in Scotland. They investigate all sudden and suspicious deaths in Scotland , conduct Fatal Accident Inquiries and handle criminal complaints against the police A procurator fiscal (pl. procurators fiscal) is a public prosecutor in Scotland. They...
, the public prosecutor in Scotland - Procurator (Russia)Procurator (Russia)Procurator , was an office initially created by Peter the Great, the first Emperor of the Russian Empire, in an effort to bring the Russian Orthodox Church more directly under his control.The Russian word prokuror also has the meaning of prosecutor....
, an office of the Russian Empire - Procurator General of the Soviet Union
- Prosecutor General of RussiaProsecutor General of RussiaThe Prosecutor General of Russia heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation ....
, current - Supreme People's Procuracy of VietnamSupreme People's Procuracy of VietnamThe Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam is responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. It functions like the prosecutor’s office or attorney general’s office in Western countries – see public procurator and procurator.-Operations:...
, an office of the Vietnamese government - Supreme People's ProcuratorateSupreme People's ProcuratorateThe Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest agency at the national level responsible for both prosecution and investigation in the People's Republic of China...
, China - Prosecutor General of UkraineProsecutor General of UkraineThe Prosecutor General of Ukraine heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine...
Miscellanea
- Procurator (novel)Germanicus trilogyThe Germanicus trilogy is an alternate history trilogy of books written by Kirk Mitchell, consisting of Procurator, New Barbarians and Cry Republic...
, an alternate history novel by Kirk Mitchell