Thesaurus: proxy

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1. n. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
2. n. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
3. n. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
4. n. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
5. n. See Procuration.
6. v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
7. n. a person authorized to act for another
8. n. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
9. 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.] To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
10. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in theecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
11. n:100 n. a person authorized to act for another n. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting