Definition of "procuration" []

• The act of procuring; procurement. (noun)
• The management of another's affairs. (noun)
• The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. (noun)
• 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. (noun)

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• "THE office of the sovereign, be it a monarch or an assembly, consisteth in the end for which he was trusted with the sovereign power, namely the procuration of the safety of the people, to which he is obliged by the law of nature, and to render an account thereof to God, the Author of that law, and to none but Him."
• "The OFFICE of the Soveraign, (be it a Monarch, or an Assembly,) consisteth in the end, for which he was trusted with the Soveraign Power, namely the procuration of the Safety Of The People; to which he is obliged by the Law of Nature, and to render an account thereof to God, the Author of that Law, and to none but him."
• "In the course of this visitation, the metropolitan, like the bishop, has the right of "procuration", i.e., he and his retinue must be received and entertained at the expense of the churches visited."