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  2. Proxy voting - Wikipedia

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    Proxy voting is a form of voting whereby a member of a decision-making body may delegate their voting power to a representative, to enable a vote in absence. The representative may be another member of the same body, or external. A person so designated is called a "proxy" and the person designating them is called a "principal".

  3. Proxy - Wikipedia

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    Proxy fight, attempting to influence how company shareholders use their proxy votes; Proxy marriage, common amongst European monarchs, where one party is not present in person to their marriage to the other; Proxy murder, a murder committed on behalf of somebody else; Proxy statement, information published related to a U.S. stockholders' meeting

  4. Proxy list - Wikipedia

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    A proxy list is a list of open HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy servers all on one website. Proxies allow users to make indirect network connections to other computer network services. [ 1 ] Proxy lists include the IP addresses of computers hosting open proxy servers, meaning that these proxy servers are available to anyone on the internet.

  5. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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    All surrogates, whether appointed by the person, by default, or by the court, have an obligation to follow the expressed wishes of the adult person and to act in the person's best interests, taking into account the person's values if known. If no advance directives are available, the proxy should use the principle of substituted judgment by ...

  6. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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    A healthcare proxy document appoints a person, the proxy, who can make decisions on behalf of the granting individual in the event of incapacity. The appointed healthcare proxy has, in essence, the same rights to request or refuse treatment that the individual would have if still capable of making and communicating health care decisions. [29]

  7. Proxy firm - Wikipedia

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    A proxy firm (also a proxy advisor, proxy adviser, proxy voting agency, vote service provider or shareholder voting research provider or proxy voting advisory businesses (PVABs)) provides services to shareholders (in most cases an institutional investor of some type) to vote their shares at shareholder meetings of, usually, listed companies.

  8. Liquid democracy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Democracy

    Liquid democracy is a form of Proxy voting, [1] whereby an electorate engages in collective decision-making through direct participation and dynamic representation. [2] This democratic system utilizes elements of both direct and representative democracy.

  9. List of proxy wars - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".