VoeiTng and bearing hard upon the Uterus5 but efpecially
i tfhe Foetus be dead, lie in a wrong pofiure, or be violent-
ly extraeded.
After replacing the part, Refcringents both inwardly, and
by Injeaion, are here ufed; fuch as obtain in Diarrhmas,
Ha1morrhoids, the Gonorrhxa2 Simplex, Wc.
PROCIDENTIA, or PROLAPSUS, UVule; the Defcent or
Relaxation of the Uvula, or Almonds of the Ears. See
N UVULA.
PROCLAMATION, an Infirument difpatch'd by the
King, with the Advice of his Privy Council; whereby the
People are advertis'd of fomething, which his Majefly
thi nks fit for them to know; and whereby they are fome-
times requir'd to do, or not to do certain Things.  See
K ING and PR1VY CGouncil.
Proclamations have the Force of Lawvs; but then they
are fuppos'd to be confiflent with the Laws already in be-
ing; otherwife they are fuperfeded: Proclamare eJI palam
ee) lde clamzare.


PROCLAMATION isalfo ufed for a folemn Denunciation,
k or Declaration of War or Peace. See WAR, Sc.
PROCLAMATION isalfo the A61 of notifying to the People
the Accefflion of a Prince to the Crown. See AccESSION.
H The Proclamation does not invert the Prince with the
Regal Authority; it fuppofes him already invefted there-
wit'h; and only gives notice thereof to the People.
PROCLAMATION of a Fine, is a Notice openly and fo-
lemnly given thereof at all the Affizes held in the County
within one Year after the Ingroffing it. See FINE.
There Proclamations are made on Tranfcripts of the Fine,
lent by Juilices of the Common Pleas, to the Jufiices of
Allize, and of the Peace.
PROC L A M A T ION, in the Monaflic Senrfe, is the Accufation
of a Friar or Brother, by another Brother, in open Chapter,
and in prefence of the Superior and Community, for Tome
external Crime he has feen him commit.
PROCONDYLI, among Anatomifis, the Bones of the
Fingers next the Back of the Hand. See FINGER.
PROCONSUL, a Roman Magifirate; fent to govern a
Province with a Confular Authority. See CONSUL and PRO-
VINCE.
The Proconfuls were appointed out of the Body of the
Senate; and ordinarily, as the Year of any one's Confulate
expir'd, he was fent Proconfiil into fome Province.
The Proconfuls had the fame Honours, F'c. with the
Confuls themfelves; except that they had only fix Licdors,
and Fafces before them.
The Proconafls did not ordinarily hear and determine
Froceffes in perfon, but had that Oice perform'd by their
Af1efturs, or other Judges, confituted or delegated by
them.
As the Proconfuls had the Direaion both of Juffice, of
War, and of the Revenues; they had their feveral Lieute-
nants in each Capacity: Thefe were call'd Legati, and were
ordinarily nominated by the Senate.
The Proconfular Function only held a Year: The Char-
ges of their Journey backwards and forwards, was bore by
the Publick; and was call'd Viaticum. See VIATICUM.
After the Partition of the Provinces between  geguiflus and
the People ; thofe who prefided over the Provinces of the
People, were call'd fpecially Proconfuls.
In our antient Law-Books, Proconful is ufed for a 7uflice
in Eyre, or L7nftice Errant. See JUSTICE.
PROCREATION, the A61ion of begetting, and bring-
ine forth Children. See GENERATION.
PROCTOR, PROCURATOR, a Perfon commifflon'd to
adt as Proxy, or Delegate, in behalf of another. See PRO-
g CURATOR.
PROCTOR, Procurator, in the Civil Law, is an Officer
appointed to appear in Court, and manage the Caufes of
Parties, who will make ufe of his Procuration. See CIVIL
Lla4w.
Antiently, every body was oblig'd to appear in perfon ;
and when the Affair happen'd to be drawn out to a great
length, was allow'd to create a Proaor, or Proxy, in his
Cauife.
But this was a Favour only granted for a certain Time i
till towards the middle of the 16th Century, when it was
decreed, that all Procurationfhould hold till revoked.
PROCTORS of the Commons, are Perfons skill'd in the Ci-
vil Lawand the Pradtice of DodorsCommons; whoexhibit
their Proxies, and make themfelves Parties for their Clients,
to draw up Acs and Pleadings, produce WitnelTes, prepare
Caufes for Sentences, and attend the Advocates with the
Proceedings.
They are 54 in Number; are admitted by the Archbi-
f3o's Fiat; and wear black Robes, and Hoods lined with
white Furs. See DoCTORs Commons.
PROCTORS ofthe Clergy, are Deputies, or Reprefentatives,
chofe by the Clergy of each Diocefs, two for each; and by
the Cathidral and Collegiate Churches, one for each, to fit
i  the Lower Houfe of Convocation. See CONVOCATION.


PROCTORS in the Univerfay, are two Gfficetsh .L...
fromamog te Sudetsto fe goodOrandi
cifes daily perform'd there. See UNIVERSITY.
PROCUMBSENT Leaves, in Botany,'fuch Leaves of
Plants as lie flat, or trailing onthe Ground. See LEAVEs.
PROCURACY. See PROCURATOR.
PROCURATION, an Adff whereby a Perfon is im-
powered to adf, treat, receive, Ee5'c. in a Perfon's Name, as
if he himfelf were adually prefent. See PROCURATOR.
When a Man treats in behalf of another, the firft thing-
is to examine his Procuration.'
The Word is now littletufed in this fenfe, except in the Cafe
of a Perfon who collecfs the Fruits of a Benefice for another.
PROCURATION, or Proxy, in the Canon Law, is ufed
for the Repafi or Entertainment antiently given to Church-
Officers or Ordinaries, who came to vifit in Churches or
Monafleries;5 whether they were Bilhops, Arch-deacons, or
Vifitors.
Procuration was due to the Pope's Legates, and even to
Popes themfelves, when they came into France;5 and the
Charge was comprized in the Bulls then granted.
Complaints were frequently made to the Pope, of the
exceffive Charges of the Procurations of Bifhops and Arch-
deacons; upon which they were prohibited by feveral Coun--
cils and Bulls.
That of Clement IV. mention'd in the Mfonajticon, is very
exprefs; wherein that Pope tells us, Con-plaint had been
made, that the Arch-deacon of Richmond, vifiting the Di-
ocefe, travel'd with one hundred and three Horfes, twenty
one Dogs, and three Hawks; and did fo grievoufly opprefs
a Religious Houfe with that vail Equipage, thuhe caus'd
the Monks to fpend in an hour, as much as would have
maintain'd them a long time. See INDEMNITIES.
PROCURATION, or PRAXYS, is now ufed for a Sum of
Moneypi     yearly by Parifhi-Priefts to the Bifhop or
Arch-deacon, in lieu of this Entertainment.
PROCURATOR, PROCTOR, PROXY, a Perfon who has
a Charge or Office committed to him by another. See
PROCURATION.
Thus the Proxies of the Lords in Parliament, in our
Law-Books, are cali'd Procurators. See PROXY.
The Word is alfo ufed for a Vicar or Lieutenant; thus,
in Petrus !Bl~enfis, we read of a Procurator Regni.
Thofe who manage Caufes in Dodlors Commons, are alfo
call'd Procurators, or Prot1ors. See PROCTOR.
The Bilhops are fometimes call'd Procuratores Ecclefia-
rum5 and the Reprefentatives fent by the Clergy to Con-
vocation, Procuratores Clcri. See CONVOCATION.
In our Statutes, a Perfon who gathers the Fruits of a Be-
nefice for another, is particularly call'd Procurator; and
the Infirument impowering him to receive the fame, Pro-
curacy.
PROCURATOR, is alfo a kind of Magifirate in feveral
Cities of Italy, who takes care of the publick Interefis.
There are Procurators of St. Mark, Procurators at Ve-
nice, at Genoa, Eec.
Originally there was but one Procurator of St. Mark at
Venice: In 1442, the Number was augmented to Nine;
when, the Senate made a Decree, appointing, that for the
future, none Thould be admitted to the Dignity, but after
the Death of fotne of the Nine. But in the Occations of
the Republick,,the Number was afterwards enlarged to
Forty; tho' of thefe, there are only Nine that bear the
Title of Procurators, and whofe place is regularly fill'd.
They are Adminifirators of the Church of St. Mark, and
of the Revenues atrach'd thereto; the Patrons of Orphans,
and Executors of Teflaments.
This Office receives more Lulre from the Merit of thofe
who discharge it, than from    its Authority.  They are
cloathed in black or Violet, with Ducal Sleeves.
PROCUR ATOR Monafierii, antiently, was the Advocate
of a Religious Houfe, who was to follicit the Interefl, and
plead the Caufes of the Society. See ADVOCATE.
PROCURATOREs FEclefwe parocbialis, are the Church-
Wardens, whofe Office is to aft as Proxies and Reprefenta-
tives of the Church. See CIURCII-Warden.
PROCURORS. See MALVEIS ProcurorS.
PROCYON, in AfIronomy, a fixed Star of the fecond
Magnitude, in Canis Minor. See CAN S.
PRODES, Homes, q. d. Wife Men, in our antient Cuf-
toms, a Title given to the Barons, and other military Te-
nants, who were call'd to the King's Council, and were to
give advice according, to the beft of their pruz.ence and
knowledge. See THANE, BARON, Lc.
PRO-DICTATOR, among theRomans, a Magifrate who
had the Power, and did the Office, of a Di-ator. See
DICTATOR.
The Romans fometimes created a Prodiiator, in Cafes
where they could not have a Diflator. Fabius Maximus
was Prodigator.
PRODROMUS, cfsJpo,-,ai literally denates a Forc-
runner, a Harbinger: Hence, Prodioems Morbus, among
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