{"id":14418,"date":"2018-02-21T01:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T01:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14418"},"modified":"2018-02-21T18:28:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T18:28:19","slug":"attorney-in-fact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14418","title":{"rendered":"attorney-in-fact – one who is authorized, via a power of attorney, to act as legal agent in order to transact business, on behalf of his principal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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attorney<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
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1. Strictly, one who is designated to transact business for another; a legal agent.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 aka\u00a0attorney-in-fact<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; private attorney<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

attorney in fact<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An agent or representative authorized by a power of attorney to act for his principal in certain matters.\u00a0 3 Am J2d Agency\u00a0\u00a7 23<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An agent, sometimes referred to as a private attorney, who is authorized by his principal, either for some particular purpose, or to do a particular act, not of a legal character.<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Such an agent is often designated by the word “attorney” after his name.\u00a0\u00a0Hall v Sawyer,\u00a0<\/em>47 Barb (NY) 116, 119<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An agent or representative authorized by his principal, by virtue of a power of attorney, to act for her in certain matters.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

private attorney<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Same as attorney in fact.\u00a0\u00a0Hall v Sawyer\u00a0<\/em>(NY) 47 Barb 116, 119<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

power of attorney<\/span><\/a> – an instrument granting someone authority to act as agent or attorney-in-fact for the grantor, thus creating an agency relationship<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 aka<\/span> letter of attorney<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>;<\/span> warrant of attorney<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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