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procuratory, a. and n.|ˈprɒkjʊərətərɪ|
[ad. late L. prōcūrātōri-us belonging to an agent or manager: see procurator1 and -ory2; hence med.L. prōcūrātōrium n., whence B.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a procurator or procurators, or to procuration. Now rare or Obs.
1459Rolls of Parlt. V. 365/2 The Procuratorie Hous or Priorie of Ware. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 770/1 Apte to receaue of God thys power procuratorye. 1571Walsingham in Digges Compl. Ambass. (1655) 183 He was no longer a Proctor then he kept himself within the limits procuratory of the letter procuratory.
B. n.
†1. = procuration 2 (= med.L. procuratorium). Obs. rare—1.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 440 Worldliche excusacioun shal not þenne assoyne, ne onswer by procuratorye, ne suttilte of werkis.
2. Civil and Sc. Law. Authorization of one person to act for another; an instrument or clause in an instrument giving such power; esp. in letters of procuratory. procuratory of resignation, a deed granted by a vassal authorizing his procurator to return his fee to the superior, either to be retained by him, or to be given out to a new vassal, etc.
1540Acc. Ld. H. Treas. Sc. VII. 281 For making of ane procuratorie to resing the ballierie of Totternes in the Kingis hand. 1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 373 As procuratour..be thair lettres of procuratorie..lauchfullie constitute. 1569Ibid. II. 8 [He] producit ane procuratorie subscrivit be the Quene. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 444 A number of persons..presented a Procuratory under the Seal of the Town, and the Subscription of the Clerks thereof. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Procuratory, is the Instrument by which any Person or Community did constitute or delegate their Proctor or Proctors to represent them in any Judicial Court of Cause. 1746–7Act 20 Geo. II, c. 50 §12 A..conveyance, containing a procuratory of resignation in favour of such purchaser or disponee. 1874Act 37 & 38 Vict. c. 94 §26 It shall not be necessary to insert in any such conveyances a procuratory or clause of resignation. 1880Muirhead Gaius Digest 578 Under the system of the legis actiones procuratory was incompetent except pro populo, pro libertate, or pro tutela.
3. = procuracy 4.
1840Stanley in Life & Corr. (1893) I. viii. 265 The long array of the ancient library, procuratory, and Ducal Palace [at Venice]. |