Prox″y (?), n.; pl.Proxies (#). [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.] 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. Burrill.
5. (Eccl.) See Procuration.