procuration (prokurashon)

[ Eke plauntes have this procuracioun Unto thaire greet multi plica cion; That first is doone the seede with moold & dounge In skeppes [baskets) under lande to rere up yonge. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 214. 2. The management of another's affairs; the being intrusted with such management. I take not upon me either their procuration or their patronage. Bp . Hall , Remains, p. 370. ( Latham .) It were well to be wished that persons of eminence would cease to make themselves representatives of the people of England without a letter of attorney, or any other act of procuration . Burke, A Regicide Peace, iii. 3. A document by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another. See man date, 4 ( b ).-4. Eccles.: ( a ) Formerly, provision of the nece ary expenses for visitation, due from a church, monastery, or incumbent, etc., to the bishop or archdeacon upon his visitation. (b) In modern usage, the sum of money paid to a bishop or archdeacon as a commutation for the above provision. - Procuration-fee, or procuration-money, a sum of money taken by scriveners on effecting loans of money.