PROVOST

The principal magistrate of a royal burgh 1n Scotland; also a governing officer of a university or college. PROVOST-MARSHAL, In English law. An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and sometimes also on land. In military law, the of• ficer acting as the head of the military police of any post, camp, city or other place 1n m111tary occupation, or district under the reign of martial law. PROXENETA, Lat. In the civil law. A broker; one who negotiated or arranged the terms of a contract between two parties, as between buyer and seller; one who negotiated a marriage; a match-maker. Calvin. [s. 969]