procuration

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In Poland the intermediary who married by procuration slept alongside the bride in all his armour.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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 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

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 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