procuration

Example Sentences

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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)

At present his little luxuries were knocked off, and in the future he foresaw a difficulty in the procuration of even necessaries.

From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford

A marriage had been consummated by procuration at Vienna, and she set out to actually meet her future spouse for the first time at Soissons.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

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