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Universal Agent

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who is appointed to do all the acts which the principal can personally do, and which he may lawfully delegate the power to another to do. Such an agency may potentially exist, but it must be of the rarest occurrence. Story, Ag. 18.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One empowered to do every act which an agent can lawfully do for his principal.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One appointed to do all the acts which the principal can personally do, and which he may lawfully delegate the power to another to do. Such an agency may potentially exist; but it is difficult to conceive of its practical existence, since it puts the agent completely in the place of the principal; Story, Ag. § 21.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who is appointed to do all the acts which the principal can personally do, and which he may lawfully delegate the power to another to do. Story, Ag. 18; Baldwin v. Tucker, 112 Ky. 282, 65 S. W. 841, 57 L. R. A. 451; Wood v. McCain, 7 Ala. 800.

Defined under Universal in Black's Law Dictionary.