Category:Proxy

Prox"y, n.; pl. Proxies. Etym: [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)

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

5. (eccl.)

Defn: see procuration. [obs.]

Proxy Prox"y, v. i.

Defn: to act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of Another. [r.]