1. (n.) The person who is empowered to act or vote for another\.

2. (n.) The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.

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.

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