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procuratory

procuratory adjective: tending to, or authorizing, procuration.

Adjective

procuratory (comparative more procuratory, superlative most procuratory)

  1. Tending to, or authorizing, procuration.
    • Procuratory action against George Scot, Gilbert Makkeppet and Thomas McKeine for spoliation of four oxen, price 30 s. apiece, from the lands of Drumganis within the provostry of Linclowdane.1918, Scotland. Privy Council, The Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes - Volume 2, page 302
    • He told the deputies that the procuratory work had been improved during the past year, but as a whole was still a weak branch of the state legal system.1956, United States. Consulate General, Survey of China Mainland Press - Issues 1300-1320, page 6

Noun

procuratory (plural procuratories)

  1. An authorization to act on behalf another person in matters of civil law.
    • But instruments following theron, after the death of either party, must, under the sanction of nullity, deduce the connecting titles of the party using the procuratory.1882, Alexander Montgomerie Bell, Lectures on Conveyancing - Book 74, Volume 2, page 785
    • Further, the procuratory of resignation was the procuratory of the last entered vassal, and it directed infestment to be granted to the series of heirs therin mentioned.1885, Scotland. Court of Session, Cases Decided in the Court of Session, page 33

Examples of procuratory in a sentence

  • After this is the procuratory order, which we read mentioned in the book of Job: “If the angel will speak for him, he will pray to the Lord and He will be pleased.”2021, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, page 123:
  • Limitations of procuratory relative to its range as laid down by the law are inoperative towards third parties .1968, Legal Problems of Yugoslavia's International Economic Relations, page 39:

Forms of procuratory

Adjective
comparativemore procuratory
superlativemost procuratory
Noun
pluralprocuratories

Origin of procuratory

From Latin procuratorius.

Questions about procuratory

What does procuratory mean?
Procuratory means tending to, or authorizing, procuration.
How do you use procuratory in a sentence?
After this is the procuratory order, which we read mentioned in the book of Job: “If the angel will speak for him, he will pray to the Lord and He will be pleased.”
What part of speech is procuratory?
Procuratory can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near procuratory in the dictionary

  1. procurators
  2. procurators fiscal
  3. procurators-general
  4. procuratorship
  5. procuratorships
  6. procuratory
  7. procuratour
  8. procuratours
  9. procuratress
  10. procuratresses
  11. procuratrices

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