procuration
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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 Alfred Binet
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 Wilhelm Roscher
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
He was to enter upon the exercise of his powers immediately upon his arrival, by procuration, sending home Bobadilla by the return of the fleet.
From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving
Your postillion was Mr. Charles Wogan, who comes from Rome post-haste with the Pope's procuration for the marriage.
From Clementina by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
