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Procuration \Proc`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. procuratio: cf. F.
procuration. See {Procure}.]
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1. The act of procuring; procurement.
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2. The management of another's affairs.
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3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact
the affairs of another; a proxy.
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4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop
or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by
an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the
time of visitation; -- called also {proxy}.
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{Procuration money} (Law), money paid for procuring a loan.
--Blackstone.
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Proxy \Prox"y\, v. i.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of
another. [R.]
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Proxy \Prox"y\, n.; pl. {Proxies}. [Contr. from procuracy. Cf.
{Proctor}.]
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent;
authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a
legislative or corporate capacity.
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I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
--Burke.
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2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote
for another.
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Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament
his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
--Blackstone.
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3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote
in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
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4. (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits
in the ecclesiastical courts. --Burrill.
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5. (Eccl.) See {Procuration}. [Obs.]
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