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proxy definition - legal

n

  1. One who receives the authority to speak for or act for another. A proxy is often allowed to vote in place of a corporationÂ’s stockholder(s) at a periodic meeting.
  2. The authority itself.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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