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   Procuration , n. [L. procuratio: cf. F. procuration. See Procure.]
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   The act of procuring; procurement.
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   The management of another's affairs.
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   The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
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   (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 , n.; pl. Proxies . [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]
   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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   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.
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   A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
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   (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
   Burrill.
   
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   (Eccl.) See Procuration. [Obs.]
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   Proxy, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
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