PROCURATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of procuring; procurement.

2.
n.

The management of another's affairs.

3.
n.

The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.

4.
n.

A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy. Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. Blackstone.


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