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PROXIES
Noun
proxies
plural of proxy
Source: Wiktionary
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)
Definition: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
5. (Eccl.)
Definition: See Procuration. [Obs.]
Prox"y, v. i.
Definition: To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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