Recent Praetors
During the interwar period the 71 counties of Romania where divided into a various numbers of plăşi (singular: plasă), headed by a Pretor, appointed by the Prefect. The institution headed by the Pretor was called Pretură. Currently, this office has survived only in the Republic of Moldova, where praetors are the heads of Chişinău's 5 sectors.
Until recently some German cities retained an office entitled Praetor.
In Italy, until 1998, Praetor was a magistrate with particular duty (especially in civil branch).
Classical Latin Praetor became medieval Latin Pretor; Praetura, Pretura, etc.
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