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Definition of Praetor

1. Noun. An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.

Definition of Praetor

1. Noun. (defdate 19^th C.–present) (alternative spelling of prætor) ¹

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Definition of Praetor

1. an ancient Roman magistrate [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Praetor

Literary usage of Praetor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The International Law and Custom of Ancient Greece and Rome by Coleman Phillipson (1911)
"Non sufficiente eo praetore quod multa turba etiam peregrinorum in civitatem veniret, creatus est et alius praetor qui peregrinus appellatus est ab eo, ..."

2. Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines by Henry John Roby (1902)
"The general functions of the praetor in these matters, especially when the ... The expressions remind one of the three words which the praetor could not ..."

3. The Institutes of Justinian by John Thomas Abdy, Bryan Walker (1876)
"The praetorian are those which originate purely from the function of the praetor, as the security against threatened damage' or for payment of legacies". ..."

4. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1917)
"With the advent of the praetor peregrinus began that equitable praetorian ... It was a body of rules which the Roman praetor thought worthy to govern the ..."

5. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam, Mahmoud Saba (1819)
"The power of the praetor in the administration of justice was expressed in these three words, DO, DICO, ADDIC.O. praetor DAB AT actionem ..."

6. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"The praetor, in his origin, seems to have been a kind of third consul. ... On some occasions the praetor led the armies of the state. (Lir., vii. 23, &c. ..."

7. Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1819)
"The days on which the praetor administered justice were called DIES FASTI, (a fando, quod Us diebus hccc tria verba fail licebat. ..."

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