procuration

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The inhabitants of this city seem to consider themselves a sacred race; they clamour for sorties, vow to die for their country, and then wish to do it by procuration.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

Perceiving the great want of labour in the new settlement he was the first who took any active part in the procuration of the desideratum.

From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin

Well, you can sign them; you have the procuration.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Mr. Wogan thereupon read the procuration, for which he had ridden to Rome in haste so many months before, and pronounced the consent of the King his master to its terms.

From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

I can easily comprehend that he may be ashamed to send a procuration, which must convince the world of all the lies he has told.

From Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) by Melville, Lewis