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Pronunciation : Prox"y
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.

5. (Eccl.)

Defn: See Procuration. [Obs.]

pl. Proxies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Prox"y
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913