proxy

proxy, n.

1. One who is authorized to act as a substitute for another; esp., in corporate law, a person who is authorized to vote another’s stock shares. Cf. absentee vote under VOTE(1). [Cases: Corporations 198(1); Securities Regulation 49.10–49.30. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 373, 385, 387–388, 392–393; Securities Regulation §§ 229–241, 273.]

2. The grant of authority by which a person is so authorized.

3. The document granting this authority. — Also termed (for sense 3 in Roman law) procuratorium.

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