procuration
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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
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)
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
The marriage by procuration was celebrated on the 16th of August, 1714.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
The merchants ordinarily pass a procuration, which it is necessary to renew once a year, to one of their clerks to carry their drafts and demand their payments, which no other person can do.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
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