procuration

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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

In face of these superlative risks the difficulty of procuring men was accentuated a thousand-fold, and with it both the nature and the degree of the coercive force necessary to be exercised for their procuration.

From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)

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 Duc has such a perfect confidence in her good sense and tact, that he has sent her his procuration to act for him in his absence.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

According to Rau, Lehrbuch, I, § 180, the procuration of the following means of subsistence required in day labor in: Column code: A = Manchester.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm