Legal Definition and Related Resources of Prefect
Meaning of Prefect
In French law. A chief officer invested with the superintendence of the administration of the laws in each department. Merlin, Repert.
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Prefect
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mid-14c., “civil or military official,” from Old French prefect (12c., Modern French préfet) and directly from Latin praefectus “public overseer, superintendent, director,” noun use of past participle of praeficere “to put in front, to set over, put in authority,” from prae “in front, before” (see pre-) + combining form of facere “to make, to do” (from PIE root *dhe- “to set, put”). Spelling restored from Middle English prefet. Meaning “administrative head of the Paris police” is from 1800; meaning “senior pupil designated to keep order in an English school” is from 1864. Related: Prefectorial.
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