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.]
