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General Agemt

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

A person who fs authorized by his principal to execute all deeds, sign all contracts, or purchase all goods, required in a particular trade, business, or employment.

Story, Ag. § 17.

In another sense, a person who has a general authority in regard to a particular object orthing.

Id. § 18.

A general agent is one appointed to act in the affairs of his principal generally; a specialagent is one appointed to act concerning some particular object.

7 Ala. S00, S04,