proctor

proctor
I noun advocate, agent, appointee, broker, caretaker, delegate, deputy, functionary, instrument, lawyer, lieutenant, manager, minister, monitor, officer, procurator, proxy, representative, second, steward, surrogate, vicar II index advocate (counselor), deputy, director, factor (commission merchant), plenipotentiary, procurator, superintendent

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


proctor
n.
An agent or proxy; a person who manages another person’s affairs.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


proctor
A term in admiralty law, referring to a lawyer.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


proctor
A person appointed to manage the affairs of another or to represent another in a judgment.
In English law, the name formerly given to practitioners in ecclesiastical and admiralty courts (See admiralty and maritime law) who performed duties similar to those of solicitors in ordinary courts.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


proctor
A person appointed to manage the affairs of another or to represent another in a judgment.
 
In English law, the name formerly given to practitioners in ecclesiastical and admiralty courts who performed duties similar to those of solicitors in ordinary courts.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

proctor
n.
   1) in admiralty (maritime) law, an attorney.
   2) person who keeps order.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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