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Definition of Pretorial
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a Roman praetor. "Praetorial powers"
Partainyms: Praetor, Praetor, Praetor, Praetor
Derivative terms: Praetor, Praetor, Praetor, Praetor, Pretor
Definition of Pretorial
1. a. Pretorian.
Definition of Pretorial
1. Adjective. (alternative form of praetorian) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pretorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretorial
Literary usage of Pretorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Maryland: From Its First Settlement, in 1633, to the by John Leeds Bozman (1837)
"... felonies, and enormous offences—Laws for erecting courts of justice—A court
of admiralty—County courts—Court of chancery—A pretorial court—The authority ..."
2. To-morrow in Cuba by Charles Melville Pepper (1899)
"Formerly the division was into twenty-six judicial districts, known as the
territory of the royal pretorial audiencia, or general courts. ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne (1859)
"... the controul of the pretorial power of Cato. In bis return home he was followed
by a greater multitude than all that had been appointed pretore united. ..."
4. Gossip of the Century: Personal and Traditional Memories, Social, Literary by Rachel Harriette Busk, Wm. Pitt Byrne (1899)
"That on arriving there that year they found established in the pretorial Palace
a French Count, Louis de Joinville, and his Countess. ..."
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