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Old Roman magistrate
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pretor
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Pretor is a village in the Resen Municipality of Macedonia , on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa . The village is located over south of the municipal centre of Resen .
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n. an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic [syn: praetor ]
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n. (15 th –17 th CC., 20 th C.–present) (alternative spelling of praetor English)
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Pretor \Pre"tor\, n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to go before; prae before + ire to go. See Issue .] (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans. Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early ...
Usage examples of pretor.
Different pretors were created, to each of whom some of those questions were assigned.
But when she enlarged her conquests, and the senate had no longer an immediate inspection over the provinces, nor the magistrates residing at Rome were any longer capable of governing the empire, they were obliged to send pretors and proconsuls.
There were fathers who would not give in their names to be enrolled by the Censors, because they would have it in their power to leave the succession to a daughter: and the pretors determined that this was no violation of the Voconian law since it was not contrary to the letter of it.
The pretors were no longer moved except by reasons of equity, moderation, and decorum.
The pretors called the relatives of the woman's side in default of those of the male side.