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Agency

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the "agent" or "attorney," is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of, the other, who is denoininated the "principal," "constituent," or "employer." Prof. Joel Parker, MSS.

Lect. 1851.

See "Agent."

See Agent.