- a variation of praetor.
pretor
Britishnoun
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He had married a sister of Caesar and, though still young when he died, had become a senator and pretor.
From The Women of the Caesars by Guglielmo Ferrero
The pretor had other duties, but the judex was confined to the single duty to hear and determine.
From Concerning Justice by Lucilius A. Emery
"No one named the author of the murder, for the pretor was silent," says Paul Jovius in his eulogy of the poet.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius
The Romans issued marriage-licenses, but before doing so a pretor passed on the fitness of the candidates for each other.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
However, a man could put away his wife at will, and by recording the fact with the nearest pretor, the act was legalized.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
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