procuration

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The marriage by procuration was celebrated on the 16th of August, 1714.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

Perceiving the great want of labour in the new settlement he was the first who took any active part in the procuration of the desideratum.

From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin

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

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

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)