Procuration

s, (from procure.) The act of procuring (Woodward). ROCURATOR, a person who has a charge committed to him to act for another. Thus the proxies of the lords in parliament are, in our law-books, called procurators; the bishops are sometimes called pro curat ores ecclesia rum; and the representatives sent by the clergy to convocation, pro curat ores cleric i. The word is also used for a vicar or lieutenant; and we read of a procurator regni, who was an ancient magistrate. ‘Those who manage causes in Doctors’ Commons are also called procurators or proctors. In our statutes, he who gathers the fruits of a benefice for another is particularly called a procurator, and the instrument impowering him to receive them is termed a procuracy.