Look up: Praetor

1. Praetor
   (Latin) Roman magistrate who served as a law court judge; in the absence of the consul, the praetor assumed his administrative duties; eight (8) praetors served at a time and following their services often served next as propraetors; praetors administered and interpreted the jus gentium; praetors in...
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2. praetor
   [n] - an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
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3. praetor
   In ancient Rome, a magistrate, elected annually, who assisted the consuls (the chief magistrates) and presided over the civil courts. After a year in office, a praetor would act as a provincial...
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4. praetor
   A Roman magistrate, responsible for the administration of justice and acted as senior judges. The word praetor indicated the man who goes before the others. The title derived from the army, where the commanders of the armies of the Republic were the officers who stood at the head of the state and later the title was used for a civil official. It wa…
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5. Praetor
   A - senior Roman magistrate. during republic commander of minor military forces. B - commander of allied contingent.
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6. praetor
   pretor noun an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
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7. Praetor
   • (n.) See Pretor.
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8. praetor
   in ancient Rome, a judicial officer who had broad authority in cases of equity, was responsible for the production of the public games, and, in the ... [5 related articles]
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9. praetor
   praetor (prēt'ur) , in ancient Rome, originally a consul, and later a judicial magistrate (from c.366 B.C.). In 242 B.C. two praetors were appointed, the urban praetor (praetor urbanus), deciding cases to which citizens were parties, and the peregrine praetor (praetor peregrinus) deciding ...
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10. Praetor
    Roman civil law. A municipal officer of Rome, so called because, (praeiret populo,) he went before or took precedence of the people. The consuls were at first called praetors. He was a sort of minister of justice, invested with certain legislative powers, especially in regard to the forms or formali...
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11. praetor
    In ancient Rome, a magistrate, elected annually, who assisted the consuls (the chief magistrates) and presided over the civil courts. After a year in office, a praetor would act as a provincial governor for a further year. The number of praetors was finally increased to eight. The office declined in importance under the emperors
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12. Praetor
    `Praetor` () was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, usually in the field, or the named commander before mustering the army; and an elected magistratus (magistrate) assigned varied duties (per the histori...
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