PROCUREUR

In French law. An attorney; one who has received a commission from another to act on his behalf. There were in France two classes of procureurs: Procureur8 ad negotia, appointed by an Individual to act for him in the administration of his affairs; persons Invested with a power of attorney; corresponding to “attorneys In fact.” Procurcurs ad lites were persons appointed and authorized to act for a party In a court of justice. These corresponded to attorneys at law, (now called, in England, “solicitors of the supreme court.”) The order of procurcurs was abolished in 1791, and that of ovouts established in their place. Mozley & Whitley.