procuration

noun

1. 1

   The act of procuring; procurement.

2. 2

   The management of another's affairs.

3. 3

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

4. 4

   A sum of money formerly paid 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.