proxy Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.

plural Proxies

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.
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.
A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
(Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
(Eccl.) See Procuration. Obs.