Meaning Of Proxy

n.

The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.

n.

The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.

n.

A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.

n.

The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

n.

See Procuration.

v. i.

To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.