"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes."
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An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.
A negotiator; a factor.
1. Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
2. Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.
3. Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.
Nearest; next. A proximate cause is that which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate or predisposing cause.
Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.
Immediately; by immediate relation to or effect on.
In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
Next; immediately. [Not used.]
Next; immediately preceding or following.
The state of being next; immediate nearness either in place, blood or alliance. The succession to the throne and to estates is usually regulated by proximity of blood.
The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
Proximo
Webster's Dictionary 1913
In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.
1. The agency of another who acts as a substitute for his principal; agency of a substitute; appearance of a representative. None can be familiar by proxy None can be virtuous or wise by proxy
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act for another. A wise man will not commit important business to a proxy when he can transact it in person. In England, any peer may make another lord of parliament his proxy to vote for him in his absence.
3. In popular use, an election or day of voting for officers of government.
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
4. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
5. See Procuration.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
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