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Procurator vs Prosecutor - What's the difference?

procurator | prosecutor |

As nouns the difference between procurator and prosecutor

is that procurator is a tax collector while prosecutor is a lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.

procurator

English

Alternative forms

* procuratour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tax collector.
  • An agent or attorney.
  • A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see (public procurator)
  • (lb) The governor of a small imperial province.

    • See also

    * (legal) inquisitor

    Related terms

    * curator * procuracy * procuratorate * procure * proctor

    References

    * OED2 ----

    prosecutor

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia prosecutor) (en noun)
  • A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
    • The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

    Derived terms

    * prosecutorial

    Related terms

    * prosecute * prosecution

    References