Definition of proxy

• n. - The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
• n. - The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
• n. - A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
• n. - The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
• n. - See Procuration.
• v. i. - To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.