agency

any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which the United States has a proprietary interest, unless the context shows that such term was intended to be used in a more limited sense.

Defined by the Supreme Court in United States v. Bramblett, 348 U.S. 503 (1955).

See also 533 U.S. 678.

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A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the "agent" or "attorney," is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of, the other, who is denoininated the "principal," "constituent," or "employer." Prof. Joel Parker, MSS. Lect. 1851. See "Agent."

See Principal and Agent. AG ENS (Lat. agere, to do; to conduct). A conductor or manager of affairs. It is distinguished from factor, a workman. A plaintiff. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 15, § 8.

A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, whereby one party (called the principal or constituent) delegates the transaction of some lawful business or the authority to do certain acts for him or in relation to his rights or property, with more or less discretionary power, to another person (called the agent, attorney, proxy or delegate) who undertakes to manage the affair and render him an account thereof. State v. Hubbard, 58 Kan. 707, 51 Pac. 290, 39 In R. A. 860; Sternaman v. Insurance Co., 170 N. Y. 13, 62 N. E. 763, 57 In R. A. 318, 88 Am. St. Rep. 625; Wynegar v. State, 157 Ind. 577, 62 N. E. 38. The contract of agency may be defined to be a contract by which one of the contracting parties confides the management of some affair, to be transacted on his account, to the-other party, who undertakes to do the business and render an account of it. 1 Liverm. Prin. & Ag. 2. A contract by which one person, with greater or less discretionary power, undertakes to represent another in certain business relations. Whart. Ag. 1. A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the' agent or attorney, is authorized to do certain acts foe, or in relation to the rights or property of the other, who is denominated the principal, constituent, or employer. Bouvier.

— Agency, deed of. A revocable and voluntary trust for payment of debts. Wharton.

— Agency of necessity. A term sometimes applied to the kind of implied agency which enables a wife to procure what is reasonably necessary for her maintenance and support on her husband's credit and at his expense, when lie fails to make proper provision for her necessities. Bostwick v. Brower, 22 Misc. Rep. 709, 49 N. Y. Supp. 1046.

The relation or ofi Sce of an agent; the administration or management of the business of another person in his behalf and upon his authority, v. Agent.

The contract of agency may be defined to be a contract by which one of the contracting parties confides the management of some affair, to be transacted on his account, to the other party, who undertakes to do the business and render an account of it. 1 Liverm. Prin. & Ag. 2. A contract by which one person, with greater or less discretionary power, undertakes to represent another in certain business relations. Whart. Ag. 1. A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the agent, or attorney, is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of the other, who is denominated the principal, constituent, or employer. Bouvier, quoting Prof. Joel Parker, MS. Lect. 1851.

[Lat. procuratio.] The relation or office of an agent;* the relation between principal and agent. Story on Agency, § 3. The administration or management of the business of another person in his behalf, and by his appointment or authority. See Procuration. Agency is founded upon a contract, either express or implied, by which one of the parties confides to the other the management of some business to be transacted in his name, or on his account, and by which the other assumes to do the business, and to render an account of it. 2 Kent's Com. 613. See Agent.

contracts, is an agreement, express or implied, by which one of the parties, called the principal, confides to the othér denomi- ‘nated the agent, the management of some business, to be transacted in his name, or on his account, and by which the agent assumes to do the business and to render an account of it. When the agency is express it is created either by deed, or in writing not by deed, or verbally without writing. 3 Chit. Com. Law, 104; 9 Ves. 250; 11 Mass. Rep. 27; Ib. 97, 288; 1 Binn. R. 450. When the agency is not express, it may be inferred from the relation of the parties and the nature of the employment, without any proof of any express appointment. 1 Wash. R. 19; 15 East, R. 400; 5 Day’s R. 556. The agency must be antecedently given, or subsequently adopted; and in the latter case there must be an act of recognition, or an acquiescence in the act of the agent, from which a recognition may be fairly implied. 2 Kent, Com. 478; Paley on Agency; Livermore on Agency. _ AGENT, practice; an agent is an attorney who transacts the business of another attorney. The agent and that all his transactions in that character, shall be distinguished by punctuality, honour and integrity. Lee’s Dict. of Practice. The rules of the supreme court of the state of New York require that every attorney shall have an agent in such place where there is a clerk’s office, except in the cify or town where such attorney keeps his office; such agent must be an attorney of the court, or deputy clerk in the clerk’s office. Rule 7; Graham’s Pr. 34.