(1):
(n.) The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
(2):
(n.) The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
(3):
(n.) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
(4):
(n.) See Procuration.
(5):
(v. i.) To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
(6):
(n.) A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.