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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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  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. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in theecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
  10. 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