About The Word Proxy
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Proxy
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What's The Definition Of Proxy?
[n] a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
[n] a person authorized to act for another Synonyms | Synonyms for Proxy: placeholder | procurator Related Terms | Find terms related to Proxy: See Also | agent | power of attorney Proxy In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\Prox"y\, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.] |
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