Agency
agency: an overview
Agency law is concerned with any "principal"-"agent" relationship; a relationship in which one person has legal authority to act for another. Such relationships arise from explicit appointment, or by implication. The relationships generally associated with agency law include guardian-ward, executor or administrator-decedent, and employer-employee.
The law of agency is based on the Latin maxim "Qui facit per alium, facit per se," which means "he who acts through another is deemed in law to do it himself." Agency, in its legal sense, nearly always relates to commercial or contractual dealings.
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
The relationship of a person (called the agent) who acts on behalf of another person, company, or government, known as the principal. The principal is responsible for the acts of the agent, and the agent's acts bind the principal.
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
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- Good Starting Point in Print: Harold G. Reuschlein & William A.Gregory, Hornbook on The Law of Agency and Partnership, West Group (2001)
