procuration

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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

I can easily comprehend that he may be ashamed to send a procuration, which must convince the world of all the lies he has told.

From Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) by Melville, Lewis

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

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

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