A letter of authority; a royal mandate: see brief, n.1 1.

The office, action, or capacity of a procurator (procurator, n.1 1); management or representation on behalf of another. letter of procuracy n. =…

A document empowering a person to act as the representative of another; a letter of attorney; = proxy, n. 2a. Obsolete.

letter (also warrant) of attorney: a legal document by which a person appoints one or more persons to act for him as his attorney or attorneys…

A writ authorizing the Exchequer to set off a particular sum paid to a third party or owed by the king to the debtor against money or moneys owed to…

A formal document empowering a person to act with legal authority for another; a letter or power of attorney. Now rare.

A document empowering a person to represent and act for another; a letter of attorney; = procuracy, n. 3, procuration, n. 2b. Obsolete.

a formal document by which a person appoints another to perform certain acts on his behalf: = letter of attorney at attorney, n.2 2, power of attorney…

The action of appointing a person with legal authority to act on one's behalf; the authority so delegated; (also) the authorized action of one's…

Of or relating to a procurator. Only in promotorial letters n. Obsolete letters of attorney.

Chiefly Scottish. A document investing a person with the authority of a factor or agent. Obsolete.

Law. a document or clause conferring the authority to act as an agent on another's behalf in a particular context; (also) the authority so conferred.

Law. a document or clause appointing a person to act as another's representative in legal or business matters; (also) the authority so conferred…

see quots. and cf. inspection, n. 1.

(a) a letter communicating information of some importance; (in later use) = business letter n. at compounds 5; (b) Anglican Church (in plural…