Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Synonyms: placeholder, procurator

See Also: agent, power of attorney

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