Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Procuration"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Procuration \Proc`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. procuratio: cf. F.
procuration. See {Procure}.]
1. The act of procuring; procurement.

2. The management of another's affairs.

3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact
the affairs of another; a proxy.

4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly 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}.

{Procuration money} (Law), money paid for procuring a loan.
--Blackstone.


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