Mediate Powers
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Those incident to primary powers given by a principal to his agent. For example, the general authority given to collect, receive, and pay debts quently required to settle accounts, adjust disputed claims, resist those which are unjust, and answer and defend suits. These Subordinate powers are sometimes called “mediate powers.”
Story, Ag. § 58.