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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Procuratur(e, -our(e, -or(e, n. [Repr. L. type *prōcūrātūra: cf. L. cūrātūra, OF and e.m.E. (1605) curature, management, care, attendance.]Some examples may represent variants of Procuratory n. (as -oré etc.). With one exception, (1) (c) below, found by us only before 1510.

= Procuratory n.(1) 1478 Acta Conc. I 14/1.
To profe … that William of Kethe had a sufficiand procuratur of the said Dauid Crukeschank with power to compromit in the accioun betuix [etc.] 1480 Ib. 70/2.
& that he sall … deliuer to … the brother of the said Marioun a sufficient procurature in dew forme for the resignacion of the said landis Ib.
The said William … be his procuraturis has renunc[it] … all vther procuraturis gifin & deliuerit to him of before … and that tha procuraturis made of befor salbe of na vale(b) 1490–1 Acta Conc. I 169/2.
For the wrangwis reuocacioun of the procuratouris quhilk he maid vnrevocable vnder the sele of his armez to ressyne the landis of the Raith [etc.] … in the handis of the owrlordis of the sammyn in fauour of the said Johne 1496–7 Ib. II 64. 1497 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 78. 1498 Acta Conc. II 174.
It was allegyit be the curatouris of the sade David that it was nocht the propir sele of the sade David Bruse … set to the procuratoure producit in jugment by his saidis procuratouris 1500 Ib. 418. 1506 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 349.
Ande thar apone the saide grunde Schir Allan Glene chaplane producit ane procuratour in my hand beirrand in this effec that [etc.](c) 1489 Acta Conc. I 122/1.
Eftir the procuratoris constitut in the court of Rome 1496 Ib. II 20.
It was allegyit be the … laif of the persons contenit in the procuratore that [etc.] 1600 Paisley B. Rec. 235.
The procuratoris and instrument of resignatioun grantit be the said umquhile Waltir and his spous to the said umquhile Thomas with ane chartour and seasing following thairupon of the said akir land(2) 1456 Hay I 180/6.
Ȝit may he nocht lawfully mak that peticioun of a gretare soum, bot gif it war contenyt under his power of procuratour speciale(3) 1423 15th Rep. Hist. MSS App. viii 33.
Quhat thyng so euer the saydis Adam, Steuyn or Hu … as my procuraturis and special mesangerris in my nam in thaire ofis of procurature ledis to be doun 1456 Hay I 267/9.
The quhilk office of procuratour ilke persone may bere that law levis expressely(4) 1423 15th Rep. Hist. MSS App. viii 33.
To thire my present letteris of procurature, I haf hyngyt my sel