procuration

Meanings

Plural: procurations

Noun

• The act of procuring; procurement.
• The management of another's affairs.
• The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
• A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.

Related Words

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