Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A procurator; especially, in some countries, an attorney; in French law, the public prosecutor (procureur du roi or de la république), corresponding in a general way to a district or county attorney in the United States.

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Examples

  • The precautions relative to my absence from Paris were limited to placing us under the surveillance of the 'procureur' of the commune, who was at the same time president of the Jacobin club; but he was also a physician of repute, and without having any doubt that he had received secret orders relative to me, I thought it would favour the chances of our safety if I selected him to attend my patient.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • I immediately learnt that, a courier being come from Paris to Clermont, the 'procureur' of the commune had sent off messengers to the chief places of the canton; these again sent couriers to the districts, and the districts in like manner informed the villages and hamlets which they contained.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • From this they were delivered by the sudden arrival of Martine, the king's "procureur" belonging to the

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • I immediately learnt that, a courier being come from Paris to Clermont, the 'procureur' of the commune had sent off messengers to the chief places of the canton; these again sent couriers to the districts, and the districts in like manner informed the villages and hamlets which they contained.

    Marie Antoinette — Complete 1787

  • The precautions relative to my absence from Paris were limited to placing us under the surveillance of the 'procureur' of the commune, who was at the same time president of the Jacobin club; but he was also a physician of repute, and without having any doubt that he had received secret orders relative to me, I thought it would favour the chances of our safety if I selected him to attend my patient.

    Marie Antoinette — Volume 06 1787

  • The precautions relative to my absence from Paris were limited to placing us under the surveillance of the 'procureur' of the commune, who was at the same time president of the Jacobin club; but he was also a physician of repute, and without having any doubt that he had received secret orders relative to me, I thought it would favour the chances of our safety if I selected him to attend my patient.

    Marie Antoinette — Complete 1787

  • I immediately learnt that, a courier being come from Paris to Clermont, the 'procureur' of the commune had sent off messengers to the chief places of the canton; these again sent couriers to the districts, and the districts in like manner informed the villages and hamlets which they contained.

    Marie Antoinette — Volume 06 1787

  • Français · Mexique: La nomination très contestée d'Arturo Chávez comme procureur général

    Global Voices in English » Mexico: Protests Against Nomination of Arturo Chávez for Attorney General 2009

  • Once the procureur has finished with our papers, the legal state of affairs will be brought into line with his perception.

    Becoming Belgian nwhyte 2008

  • After handing those over, and then a lot of hanging round in the foyer, we were given a declaration to sign and told that the procureur would get back to us in a few months with instructions on getting new ID cards and passports.

    Becoming Belgian nwhyte 2008

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