Per Procuration
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
By proxy; by letter of attorney. Used in connection with the signature of an agent or attorney in fact. It is notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign.
Byles, Bills, 33.
Commonly abbreviated "per proc." The term is little used in the United States, though it has been adopted by the negotiable instrument laws.
Neg. Inst. Law, § 40.