Presidial Definition & Meaning

Origin of Presidial

From Middle French presidial, from Latin praesidialis, variant of praesidalis, from praeses (“provincial governor").

From Wiktionary

From the point of view of purely judicial administration, Anjou was subject to the parlement of Paris; Angers was the seat of a presidial court, of which the jurisdiction comprised the senechaussees of Angers, Saumur, Beauge, Beaufort and the duchy of Richelieu; there were besides presidial courts at Château-Gontier and La Fleche.
In 1859 he became a member of the presidial council (Oberprdsidialrat) at Coblenz, capital of the Prussian Rhine province, and from 1860 to 1866 was Landrat at Demmin in Pomerania.
The hotel de ville occupies the former Hotel du Presidial, an obsolete tribunal, and contains the municipal library.
From the point of view of purely judicial administration, Anjou was subject to the parlement of Paris; Angers was the seat of a presidial court, of which the jurisdiction comprised the senechaussees of Angers, Saumur, Beauge, Beaufort and the duchy of Richelieu; there were besides presidial courts at ChÃ¢teau-Gontier and La Fleche.

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