Procuration
PRO'CURA'TION, noun [Latin procuratio. See Procure.]
1. The act of procuring. [Procurement is generally used.]
2. The management of another's affairs.
3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another.
4. A sum of money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by incumbents, on account of visitations; called also proxy.