n. One of the two chief magistrates of the ancient Roman republic, annually chosen in the Campus Martius.n. In French history, the title given to the three supreme magistrates of the French republic after the dissolution of the Directory in 1799.n. In international law, an agent appointed and commissioned by a sovereign state to reside in a foreign city or town, to protect the interests of its citizens and commerce there, and to collect and forward information on industrial and economic matters. He does not usually represent his government as a diplomatic agent in any sense.n. A senator of Venice.n. Formerly, in southern France and Catalonia, a municipal magistrate.n. Formerly, within the foreign colony or settlement of a town, the representative chief of the merchants and their intermediary with the local government.n. A local representative of a cyclists' touring club.To submit (an invoice) for certification to the consul of a country to which goods are consigned.