Special Agent
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An agent whose authority is confined to a particular or an individual instance. It is a general rule that he 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.
2 Bouv. Inst. note 1299; 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 48; 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 48; 15 Johns. (N. Y.) 44; 8 Wend. (N. Y.) 494; 1 Wash. C. C. (U. S.) 174.
See "Agent."
See Agent.