undisclosed principal

Under agency law , undisclosed principals arise when a third party has no notice that the principal exists, but the undisclosed principal has authorized an agent to act on the principal’s behalf. The agent does not represent that they are forming the contract on a principal’s behalf to the third party.

[Last reviewed in October of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team ]

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