General agent
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
An agent in a particular for which he has general and usual powers. sit, average, damages, demurrer, occupant, partnership, tail, verdict: eral issue: a short plea denying in declaration, indictment, or cause of action, matter. General ship: a ship open of goods, not chartered. Generate dictum generaliter est general expression is to be interpreted nihil oertum itnplicat: a general certain. Generalia specialibus non words do not derogate from special. words to garnish. deliver goods. Garnislidebtor not to pay a debt answer the plaintiff's suit Attachment. of cattle.: rent payable in common in Kent, where of the nearest degree, not escheat for felony; fifteen; and dower and of rent in gavelkind Money.; a court; a moot or business or employment, General assumpimparlance, legacy, lien, see those titles. Gengeneral terms the whole without offering new generally for conveyance interpretendum, /. A generally. Generale expression implies nothiug derogant: general Generalia verba sunt to be understood antea specialiter sunt comprehensa not extended to cover things previously
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A person who is authorized by his principal to execute all deeds, sign all contracts, or purchase all goods, required in a particular trade, business, or employment. Story on Agency, §".
In another sense, a person who has a general authority in regard to a particular object or thing. Id. § 18.