Proctor
1)A person who is given the right by another person or party in writing to act as his legal representative in court proceedings.He acts as an agent and has the right to perform all actions on behalf of his client. 2)An attorney/lawyer who ...
Proctor
this term has ancient origins and refers to an attorney who specializes in admiralty and maritime law.
proctor
n. 1) in admiralty (maritime) law, an attorney. 2) person who keeps order.
Proctor in Admiralty
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Good Starting Point in Print: John Maher et al., Maritime Litigation, Michie, Charlottesville, Va (1994) ...
" When acting in a court of admiralty he is styled "proctor" or "advocate.
It was applied to signify the edicts made by the proctor, declaratory of his intention to give a remedy in certain cases, chiefly to preserve or to restore possession; this interdict was called edictal; edictale, quod praetoriis edictis proponitur, ...
Like Bridget Bishop, John and Elizabeth Proctor were tavern keepers on Ipswich Road, the thoroughfare separating Salem Town from Salem Village.
The name of attorney is given to those officers who practice in courts of common law; solicitors, in courts. of equity and proctors, in courts of admiralty, and in the English ecclesiastical courts.
Sager v Hunter Corporation 665 F. Supp. 575 (1987)
Tapper, Colin, Cross & Tapper on Evidence (10th Edition, London: Lexis-Nexis, 2004 page 497
Unilever v Proctor & Gamble Co. 1999 EWCA Civ 3027 and at [2000] 1 WLR 2436 ...
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