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Proxy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Proxy : (noun)
1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: placeholder,
procurator]
2: a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a
corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at
a corporate meeting
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Proxy : \Prox"y\, v. i.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of
another. [R.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PROXY. A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
2. In the ecclesiastical law, a judicial proctor, or one who is
appointed to manage another man's law concerns, is called a proxy. Ayl.
Parerg.
3. The instrument by which a person is appointed so to act, is likewise
called a proxy.
4. Proxies are also annual payments made by the parochial clergy to the
bishop, &c., on visitations. Tom. Law Dictionary, h.t. Vide Rutherf. Inst.
253; Hall's Pr. 14.
5. The right of voting at an election of an incorporated company by
Proxy : is not a general right, and the party claiming it must show a special
authority for that purpose. Ang. on Corp. 67-69; 1 Paige's Ch. Rep. 590; 5
Day's Rep. 329; 5 Cowen, Rep. 426.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Proxy |
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