The Catalan terms were even subsequently Latinised: vicarius -> vigerius.

The functions of the medieval vegueria were feudal, and it was probably initially hereditary. The veguer was appointed by his feudal lord, the count, and was accountable to him. He was the military commander of his vegueria (and thus keeper of the publicly owned castles), the chief justice of the same district, and the man in charge of the public finances (the fisc)