\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}. [Obs.]

\Prox"y\, v. i.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of
another. [R.]