procuration

The act or an instance of procuring.

The appointment of an agent.

The agent so appointed.

Care; management.

The management of another’s affairs; the being intrusted with such management.

A document by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another. See mandate, 4 .

Eccles.: Formerly, provision of the necessary expenses for visitation, due from a church, monastery, or incumbent, etc., to the bishop or archdeacon upon his visitation.

In modern usage, the sum of money paid to a bishop or archdeacon as a commutation for the above provision.

The act of procuring; procurement.