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.]
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Prox"y, v. i.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
[R.]
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