procuration

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

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

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

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

We have, therefore, simply to state why we have admitted that the external perception of objects is produced mediately or by procuration.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred