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Definition of Proxies
1. proxy [n] - See also: proxy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proxies
Literary usage of Proxies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Twenty-five Years by Spencer Walpole (1904)
"But the whole s.ystem, though it lingers still in the CHAP. the indiscriminate
and unrestrained use of proxies. xii . . . 1 meetings of joint-stock ..."
2. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1897)
"A privilege which the House has thought it right to forego proxies- since 1868
is that of voting on divisions by proxy. The origin of the practice was ..."
3. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"Here d.lic°"' again may without doubt be traced the original idea that attendance
in Parliament was a burden, rather than an honour, as proxies were made at ..."
4. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"After this council, the legate deceitfully gave leave to the proxies of the
chapters to return home, but detained the archbishops, bishops, ..."
5. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"After this council, the legate deceitfully gave leave to the proxies of the ...
The said proxies, therefore, after long deliberation, sent proxies from the ..."
6. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1892)
"But if they neither came nor made proxies, then for their disobedience to the
king's writ they were amerced.' There were occasions when the king was not ..."
7. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1889)
"Election by Sealed proxies. Throughout the whole period of the first charter, in
Massachusetts, the assistants,1 the governor,1 deputy governor, ..."
8. Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the Decisions of by James Perronet Aspinall, Butler Aspinall, Geoffrey Hutchinson, James. A. Petrie, F. A. P. Rowe, Bruce Farthing (1873)
"The proxies were put in after. It cannot be contended that a proxy may not be
given after a suit has been instituted. The parties may ratify the acts of ..."
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