procuration

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The marriage by procuration had been performed at Turin.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

Your postillion was Mr. Charles Wogan, who comes from Rome post-haste with the Pope's procuration for the marriage.

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

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 Stevenson, Robert Louis

For the procuration of this coloring matter the method pursued is exactly as that for the preparation of cyanine.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

The third may probably be called the Providence and procuration of the Daemons, which, being placed on the earth, are the guardians and overseers of human actions.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch