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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One authorized to do one or two special things.

Boss, Cont. 44.

One appointed only for a particular purpose, and vested with limited powers.

Chit. Cont. 285; Gibson v. Hardware Co., 94 Ala. 34G, 10 South. 304.

It is a general rule that lie who is invested with a special authority must act within the bounds of his authority, and he cannot bind his principal beyond what he is authorized to do; Munn v. Commission Co., 15 Johns. (N. Y.) 44, 8 Am. Dec. 219.

Story, Ag. 17.

See Principal and A cent.

See Principal and A cent.