procuration

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Wogan held out the Pope's procuration to the Chevalier, who took it and devoutly kissed the signature.

From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Mr. Wogan thereupon read the procuration, for which he had ridden to Rome in haste so many months before, and pronounced the consent of the King his master to its terms.

From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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

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

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