Scabinus

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.