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Meaning of 'proxy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Proxy [ n.]
- The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
- The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
- A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
- See Procuration.
2 . Proxy [ v. i.]
- To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.

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