資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Procuration \Proc`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. procuratio: cf. F.
   procuration. See {Procure}.]
   1. The act of procuring; procurement.

   2. The management of another's affairs.

   3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact
      the affairs of another; a proxy.

   4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop
      or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by
      an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the
      time of visitation; -- called also {proxy}.

   {Procuration money} (Law), money paid for procuring a loan.
      --Blackstone.