Scabinus

Scabinus, sometimes translated as alderman or assessor, was a medieval and early modern municipal office in Continental Europe.

It continued into the present day under a variety of vernacular names:

The equivalent office in southern France and Catalonia was consul or, in Toulouse, capitoul.

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