procuration

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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)

Your postillion was Mr. Charles Wogan, who comes from Rome post-haste with the Pope's procuration for the marriage.

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

The inhabitants of this city seem to consider themselves a sacred race; they clamour for sorties, vow to die for their country, and then wish to do it by procuration.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

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

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 Irving, Washington