Procuration

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Procuration \Proc`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. procuratio: cf. F.
     procuration. See {Procure}.]
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     1. The act of procuring; procurement.
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     2. The management of another's affairs.
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     3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact
        the affairs of another; a proxy.
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     4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop
        or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by
        an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the
        time of visitation; -- called also {proxy}.
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     {Procuration money} (Law), money paid for procuring a loan.
        --Blackstone.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PROCURATION, civil law. The act by which one person gives power to another 
  to act in his place, as he could do himself. A letter of attorney. 
      2. Procurations are either express or implied; an express procuration is 
  one made by the express consent of the parties; the implied or tacit takes 
  place when an individual sees another managing his affairs, and does not 
  interfere to prevent it. Dig. 17, 1, 6, 2; Id. 50, 17, 60; Code 7, 32, 2. 
       3. Procurations are also divided into those which contain absolute 
  power, or a general authority, and those which give only a limited power. 
  Dig. 3, 3, 58; Id. 17, 1, 60, 4 4. The procurations are ended in three ways 
  first, by the revocation of the authority; secondly, by the death of one of 
  the parties; thirdly, by the renunciation of the mandatory, when it is made 
  in proper time and place, and it can be done without injury to the person 
  who gave it. Inst. 3, 27 Dig. 17, 1; Code 4, 35; and see Authority; Letter 
  of Attorney; Mandate.