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)
Defn: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
5. (Eccl.)
Defn: See Procuration. [Obs.]
PROXY
Prox"y, v. i.
Defn: To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
PROXYSHIP
Prox"y*ship, n.
Defn: The office or agency of a proxy.