| Pronunciation: | | 'prâksee
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | placeholder, procurator |
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| | See Also: | | agent, power of attorney |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.]
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The instrument authorizing one person to represent, act, and vote for another at a shareholders' meeting of a corporation. |
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