Represent
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To exhibit; to expose before the eyes. To represent a thing is to produce it publicly.
Dig. 10, 4, 2, 3.
To represent a person is to stand in his place; to supply his place; to act as his substitute.
Plummer v. Brown, 64 Cal. 429, 1 Pac. 703; Solon v. Willlamsburgh Sav. Bank, 35 Hun (N. Y.) 7.