Representative
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who represents or is in the place of another. One having lawful authority to act in behalf of the property and bind the owner in regard thereto.
104 111. 554.
In legislation, it signifies one who has been elected a member of that branch of the legislature called the "house of representatives." The executor or administrator of a deceased person is called the "personal representative," to distinguish him from the "real representative," or heir at law.
39 Barb. (N, Y.) 520.