Proxy

n.	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.
	5.	(Eccl.) See Procuration.
v. i.	1.	To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.

Noun	1.	proxy - a person authorized to act for another Synonyms: placeholder, procurator
	2.	proxy - a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

PROXY. A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
     2. In the ecclesiastical law, a judicial proctor, or one who is appointed to manage another man's law concerns, is called a proxy. Ayl. Parerg.
     3. The instrument by which a person is appointed so to act, is likewise called a proxy.
     4. Proxies are also annual payments made by the parochial clergy to the bishop, &c., on visitations. Tom. Law Dictionary, h.t. Vide Rutherf. Inst. 253; Hall's Pr. 14.
     5. The right of voting at an election of an incorporated company by proxy is not a general right, and the party claiming it must show a special authority for that purpose. Ang. on Corp. 67-69; 1 Paige's Ch. Rep. 590; 5 Day's Rep. 329; 5 Cowen, Rep. 426.

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