procuration
Example Sentences
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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 Lewis Melville
In Poland the intermediary who married by procuration slept alongside the bride in all his armour.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Well, you can sign them; you have the procuration.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The marriage by procuration was celebrated on the 16th of August, 1714.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Sutherland Menzies
The decree was in due form, invested with your Highness’s authority by procuration.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson