procuration

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PRO'CURA'TION, noun [Latin procuratio. See Procure.] 1. The act of procuring. [Procurement is generally used.] 2. The management of another's affairs. 3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another. 4. A sum of money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by incumbents, on account of visitations; called also proxy.
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