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: échevin or eschevin in French scabino in Italian Schöffe in German Schäffe in Luxembourgish schepen in Dutch šepmistr in Czech The equivalent office in southern France and Catalonia was consul or, in Toulouse, capitoul.
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: échevin or eschevin in French scabino in Italian Schöffe in German Schäffe in Luxembourgish schepen in Dutch šepmistr in Czech The equivalent office in southern France and Catalonia was consul or, in Toulouse, capitoul.
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