Syndic

Syndic (Gr. syn, 'with,' and dikē, 'justice'), a name which has at different times and in different countries been given to various municipal and other officers. The accredited legal representative of a corporation, society, or company was in many cases designated by this title. In Geneva the chief-magistrate was formerly called the syndic. The syndics of cities in France, under the old régime, were officers delegated by the municipality as agents; the various trading companies in Paris and the university had also their syndics; and in the university of Cambridge the name is still applied to special committees of the senate.