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procuration


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Procuration  \Proc`u*ra"tion\,  n.  [L.  procuratio:  cf  F. 
  procuration.  See  {Procure}.] 
  1.  The  act  of  procuring;  procurement. 
 
  2.  The  management  of  another's  affairs. 
 
  3.  The  instrument  by  which  a  person  is  empowered  to  transact 
  the  affairs  of  another;  a  proxy. 
 
  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}. 
 
  {Procuration  money}  (Law),  money  paid  for  procuring  a  loan. 
  --Blackstone.