PROCTOR

A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for di olution of marriage, or for declarations of nullity of marriage, the king's proctor may, under the direction of the attorney general, and by leave of the court, intervene in the suit for the purpose of proving collusion between the parties. Mozley & Whitley. KING'S REMEMBRANCE& An· officer of the central office of the English supreme court. Formerly he.was an officer. ot ·.the exchequ~, and ttad important duties to QUINTAL. [s. 694]