attorney-in-fact vs proceeding

attorney-in-fact

noun
  • An agent of the person giving him/her the power of attorney (for a specific purpose or for general purposes) to act on his or her behalf. The attorney-in-fact’s power and responsibilities depend on the specific powers granted in the power of attorney document. 

proceeding

noun
  • The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction 

  • An event or happening; something that happens 

  • A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society. 

  • A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction 

  • Progress or movement from one thing to another. 

  • Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit. 

How often have the words attorney-in-fact and proceeding occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )