representative capacity
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
Books and records kept 'in a representative rather than in a personal capacity cannot be the subject of the personal privilege against self-incrimination, even though production of the papers might tend to incriminate (their keeper) personally.
Defined by the Supreme Court in - McPhaul v. United States, 364 U.S. 372 (1960).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The character or status of one acting in behalf of another and not for himself. See 8 S. D. 96, 76 N. W. 984.