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Latin: In the Roman law. A girding or preparing for battle. Testamentum in procinctu, a will made by a soldier, while girding himself, or preparing to engage in battle. Adams, Rom. Ant. 62; Calvin. … [Read more...] about PROCINCTUS

Scotch law. This imports that one is acting as attorney as to his own property. When an assignment of a thing is made, as a debt, and a procuration or power of attorney is given to the assignee to receive the same, he is in such case procurator in rein suam. … [Read more...] about PROCURATOR IN REM SUAM

To promulgate; to announce ; to publish, by governmental authority, intelligence of public acts or transactions or other matters Important to be known by the people. … [Read more...] about PROCLAIM

The old name for church-wardens. Paroch. Antiq. 562. … [Read more...] about PROCURATORES ECCLESIAE PAROCHIALISM

(A) evidence. The act of causing some state matters to be published or made generally known. A written or printed document in which are contained such matters, issued by proper authority; as the president's proclamation, the governor's, the mayor's proclamation. The word proclamation is also used to express the public nomination made of any one to a high office; as, such a … [Read more...] about PROCLAMATION