procuration

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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)

He was to enter upon the exercise of his powers immediately upon his arrival, by procuration, sending home Bobadilla by the return of the fleet.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington

The merchants ordinarily pass a procuration, which it is necessary to renew once a year, to one of their clerks to carry their drafts and demand their payments, which no other person can do.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

In France an indorsement in blank merely operates as a procuration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The Senate received the reports, and the consul then introduced the question of procuration.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde