permit vs power of attorney

permit

noun
  • An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. 

  • A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. 

  • A learner's permit. 

verb
  • To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. 

  • To allow for, to make something possible. 

  • To allow, to admit (of). 

  • To grant formal authorization for (something). 

  • To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). 

  • To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. 

power of attorney

noun
  • A legal document allowing one person to act as the agent of another. 

  • The legal authorisation of one person to act as the agent of another. 

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