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.