Procuration > define
- (n.) The act of procuring; procurement.
- (n.) The management of another's affairs.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary