Usages of praetor
Senatus hodie in curia sedet, et praetor ante ostium quietem servari iubet.
The senate is sitting today in the senate-house, and the praetor orders silence to be kept before the door.
Praetor autem respondit suffragium postero die latum iri, ne contio nimium clamaret.
The praetor, however, replied that the vote would be taken on the next day, so that the assembly might not shout too much.
Post contionem duo discipuli inter se disputant utrum decretum consulis an responsum praetoris prudentius fuerit.
After the assembly two students discuss among themselves whether the consul’s decree or the praetor’s answer was wiser.
Lictor ante praetorem stat et fasces gerit.
The lictor stands before the praetor and carries the fasces.
Sive pater intestatus est sive testamentum habet, praetor adest.
Whether the father is intestate or has a will, the praetor is present.
Sive familiae emptor adest sive praetor adest, coheres testamentum legit.
Whether the formal purchaser or the praetor is present, the co-heir reads the will.
Praetor bonorum possessionem heredi dat.
The praetor gives praetorian possession of the estate to the heir.
Praetor multitudinem ante templum videt.
The praetor sees the multitude before the temple.
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