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apoderado.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
apoderado.
Principal English Translation: 

a proxy (a person in charge of carrying out a legal transaction or making a document on behalf of another person); someone legally empowered, a legal representative (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

por testigo yApoderado Juan Soriano = as a witness and the proxy, Juan Soriano (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17, 106–107.

Oquimofirmarhui in toapoderadotzin (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.

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