What does "proxy" mean?
Proxy: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
- 3.(Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
- 4.(Eccl.) See Procuration. [Obs.]
- 5.To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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