Procuration

The act by which one person gives power to another to act in his place, as he could do himself. A letter of attorney. 2. Procurations are either express or implied; an express procuration is one made by the express consent of the parties; the implied or tacit takes place when an individual sees another managing his affairs, and does not interfere to prevent it.

Procurations are also divided into those which contain absolute power, or a general authority, and those which give only a limited power. The procurations are ended in three ways first, by the revocation of the authority; secondly, by the death of one of the parties; thirdly, by the renunciation of the mandatory, when it is made in proper time and place, and it can be done without injury to the person who gave it.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.