Webster's 1913 (original) (raw)

Prox"y, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]

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.) SeeProcuration. [Obs.]