proxy

proxy
An authorization, usually given in writing, under which one person acts for another. An authority given in writing by the holder of corporate stock to another to exercise the voting rights to which he is entitled as a stockholder. Commissioner of Banks v Cosmopolitan Trust Co. 253 Mass 205, 148 NE 609, 41 ALR 658. An authority given by one delegate to another whereunder the latter votes in place of the other at a political convention. 26 Am J2d Elect § 235. An authority given by a creditor whereunder another votes in the place of him at a creditors' meeting in a proceeding in bankruptcy. 9 Am J2d Bankr § 593. The person who holds an authorization to act in the place of another. 9 Am J2d Bankr § 593; 19 Am J2d Corp §§ 669 et seq.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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