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,