Procuration

·noun The act of procuring; procurement.

II. Procuration ·noun The management of another's affairs.

III. Procuration ·noun The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.

IV. Procuration ·noun 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.