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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.
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