(ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
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Procurator \Proc"u*ra`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. procurateur. See {Procure}, and cf. {Proctor}. ] 1. (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. --Chaucer. Shak.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea.
{Procurator fiscal} (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or district attorney.
It brings the central bank and the procurator general's office from parliamentary to governmental control (both Mr Viktor Gerashchenko and Mr Valenin Stepankov, the Procurator General, formerly hostile to the government, have pledged loyalty).
But the motion was defeated by a majority of delegates who voted to allow the procurator general, who was unnamed, to keep his post while the congress investigates the case.
Churbanov, who served as first deputy interior minister, faces trial soon on charges of bribery and abuse of power, the procurator general said.