† prox1 U.S. local (Rhode Island). Obs.
(prɒks)
[abbrev. of proxy: see quot. 1843.]
(See quots., and cf. proxy n. 4.)
| 1698 Rhode Island Col. Rec. (1861) III. 333 Voted, That Capt'n Nathaniel Coddington, Capt'n Robert Carr, are appointed to open the prox votes on the day of Election. 1768 Ibid. VI. 551 Upon this plan..only one prox will be printed. 1816 Pickering Vocab. U.S. s.v. Proxies, The abbreviation Prox is also used in Rhode Island, for the Ticket; that is, the List of Candidates at Elections. 1843 W. R. Staples Ann. Providence 64 Such of the colony as could not attend the General Assembly had the right to send their votes for these officers by some other persons; hence the origin of the terms prox, and proxy votes, as applied to the present mode of voting for state officers in Rhode-Island. |