Lewis Short
praetūra (noun F) : praetor
* The dignity or office of a proetor, the proetorship (class.), Cic. Mur. 26, 53: praeturae jurisdictio,id. Fl. 3, 6: praeturā se abdicare,id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; Tac. A. 3, 30.
* The term of office of a proetor: intra ejusdem praeturam agere,Gai. Inst. 4, 56; 122.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary