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Webster 1913 Edition

Proxy

Prox′y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Proxies
(#)
.
[Contr. from
procuracy
. Cf.
Proctor
.]
1.
The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
I have no man’s
proxy
: I speak only for myself.
Burke.
2.
The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his
proxy
, to vote for him in his absence.
Blackstone.
3.
A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
4.
(Eng. Law)
The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
Burrill.
5.
(Eccl.)
See
Procuration
.
[Obs.]

Prox′y

,
Verb.
I.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Proxy

PROX'Y

,
Noun.
[contracted from procuracy, or some word from the root of procure, proctor.]
1.
The agency of another who acts as a substitute for his principal; agency of a substitute; appearance of a representative. None can be familiar by proxy. None can be virtuous or wise by proxy.
2.
The person who is substituted or deputed to act for another. A wise man will not commit important business to a proxy, when he can transact it in person. In England, any peer may make another lord of parliament his proxy to vote for him in his absence.
3.
In popular use, an election or day of voting for officers of government.

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