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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.