Shela Caswell asked 1 месец ago
Prox”y (?), n.; pl. Cheap private 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.] © Webster 1913.
Prox”y, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
[R.] © Webster 1913.
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