pretor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To meet the issue, and prevent fickle and unjust men from taking advantage of women, Marcus decided that the pretor could refuse to record the desired divorce, if he saw fit, and demand reasons.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
Pan Seferovich, pretor of Kamenyets, came also,—a rich Armenian whose brother was groaning in Tartar bonds,—and two women, still young and of beauty far from inconsiderable, though somewhat dark, Pani Neresevich and Pani Kyeremovich.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The pretor had other duties, but the judex was confined to the single duty to hear and determine.
From Concerning Justice by Emery, Lucilius A.
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 Ferrero, Guglielmo
The pretor favored me by not requiring her presence.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
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