procuratory, a. and n.
(ˈprɒkjʊərətərɪ)
[ad. late L. prōcūrātōri-us belonging to an agent or manager: see procurator1 and -ory2; hence med.L. prōcūrātōrium n., whence B.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a procurator or procurators, or to procuration. Now rare or Obs.
| 1459 Rolls of Parlt. V. 365/2 The Procuratorie Hous or Priorie of Ware. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 770/1 Apte to receaue of God thys power procuratorye. 1571 Walsingham in Digges Compl. Ambass. (1655) 183 He was no longer a Proctor then he kept himself within the limits procuratory of the letter procuratory. |
B. n.
† 1. = procuration 2 (= med.L. procuratorium). Obs. rare—1.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 440 Worldliche excusacioun shal not þenne assoyne, ne onswer by procuratorye, ne suttilte of werkis. |
2. Civil and Sc. Law. Authorization of one person to act for another; an instrument or clause in an instrument giving such power; esp. in letters of procuratory. procuratory of resignation, a deed granted by a vassal authorizing his procurator to return his fee to the superior, either to be retained by him, or to be given out to a new vassal, etc.
| 1540 Acc. Ld. H. Treas. Sc. VII. 281 For making of ane procuratorie to resing the ballierie of Totternes in the Kingis hand. 1565 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 373 As procuratour..be thair lettres of procuratorie..lauchfullie constitute. 1569 Ibid. II. 8 [He] producit ane procuratorie subscrivit be the Quene. a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 444 A number of persons..presented a Procuratory under the Seal of the Town, and the Subscription of the Clerks thereof. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Procuratory, is the Instrument by which any Person or Community did constitute or delegate their Proctor or Proctors to represent them in any Judicial Court of Cause. 1746–7 Act 20 Geo. II, c. 50 §12 A..conveyance, containing a procuratory of resignation in favour of such purchaser or disponee. 1874 Act 37 & 38 Vict. c. 94 §26 It shall not be necessary to insert in any such conveyances a procuratory or clause of resignation. 1880 Muirhead Gaius Digest 578 Under the system of the legis actiones procuratory was incompetent except pro populo, pro libertate, or pro tutela. |
3. = procuracy 4.
| 1840 Stanley in Life & Corr. (1893) I. viii. 265 The long array of the ancient library, procuratory, and Ducal Palace [at Venice]. |