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  4  definitions  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  I  have  no  man's  proxy:  I  speak  only  for  myself. 
  --Burke. 
 
  2.  The  person  who  is  substituted  or  deputed  to  act  or  vote 
  for  another. 
 
  Every  peer  .  .  .  may  make  another  lord  of  parliament 
  his  proxy,  to  vote  for  him  in  his  absence. 
  --Blackstone. 
 
  3.  A  writing  by  which  one  person  authorizes  another  to  vote 
  in  his  stead,  as  in  a  corporation  meeting. 
 
  4.  (Eng.  Law)  The  written  appointment  of  a  proctor  in  suits 
  in  the  ecclesiastical  courts.  --Burrill. 
 
  5.  (Eccl.)  See  {Procuration}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Proxy  \Prox"y\,  v.  i. 
  To  act  or  vote  by  proxy;  to  do  anything  by  the  agency  of 
  another.  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  proxy 
  adj  :  acting  as  substitute  for  another  [syn:  {deputy(a)},  {proxy(a)}] 
  n  1:  a  person  authorized  to  act  for  another  [syn:  {procurator}] 
  2:  a  power  of  attorney  document  given  by  shareholders  of  a 
  corporation  authorizing  a  specific  vote  on  their  behalf  at 
  a  corporate  meeting 




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