procuratory

& 8. [Eng. procurator; -v.] A. As adj.: Tending to procuration; authorizing procuration. "Commended to the pope by the letters procuratory of the king."-Fox: Martyrs, p. 248. B. As subst.: The instrument by which any person constitutes or appoints another as his procurator to represent him in any court or cause. Procuratory of resignation : Scots Law : A written mandate or authority granted by a va al, whereby he authorizes his feu to be returned to his superior, either to remain with the superior as his property, or for the purpose of the superior giving out the feu to a new va al, or to the former va al and a new series of heirs. pro-cüre', v . t. & i . [French procurer , from Lat. procuro to take care of, to manage: pro =for, and curo to take care, cur a =care; Sp. & Port. pro curar; Ital. pro curare ] A. Transitive : *1. To manage, as agent for another; to negotiate, to arrange. (Spenser: F. Q. , 11. ii. 32.) 2. To obtain or get by any means, as by loan, purchase, labor, or request; to gain; to come into po e ion of. "He valued power chiefly as the means of procuring pleasure."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xviii. 3. Spec.: To get or obtain individuals for unlawful or lustful purposes. 4. To gain, to win, to attract: to cause to come on. "Money procures all those advantages."- Goldsmith: Polite Learning , ch. x. *5. To cause, to contrive, to bring about, to effect. *6. To induce to do something; to lead, to bring. *7. To entreat, to solicit earnestly. "Of the fair Alma greatly were procur'd To make there longer sojourn and abode." Spenser: F. Q., 1II. 1. 1. *B. In trans.: To pimp (q. v.). "How doth my dear morsel, thy mistre ? Procures she still?"-Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , iii. 2.