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Encyclopedia: Apparent authority
Apparent authority is a term used in the law of agency to describe a situation in which a principal leads a third party to believe that an agent has authority to bind the principal, even where the age...
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Apparent or ostensible authority exists where the principal's words or conduct would lead a reasonable person in the third...
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Definition of "Authority" from the 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon On; * AUTHORITY * An implied authority is one which, although no proof exists of its having been actually given, may be inferred from the conduct of the principal; for example, when a man leaves his wife...
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apparent authority n. since under the law of agency the employer (the principal) is liable for the acts of his employee (agent), if a person who is not an...
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Apparent Authority Doctrine that a Principal is responsible for the acts of his Agent where the principal by his words or conduct suggests to a third Business Dictionary: Apparent Authority...
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This "apparent authority" can be given by providing Joe Slobovia (who has no authority to contract) with materials, stationery, forms, a truck with a company logo, or letting him work out of the company office, so that a reasonable person would think Joe had authority to act for the company.
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This "apparent authority" can be given by providing Joe Slobovia (who has no authority Apparent authority may also arise when Joe works for the company,
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apparent authority - definition of apparent authority from BusinessDictionary.com: Legal concept that (in agency agreements) a principal is liable for the...
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War crimes tribunal told of 'deal' with US envoy "They didn't have all of the facts before them in terms of the security council and the apparent authority it gave to Richard Holbrooke," Robinson said. "We're hoping that when [the court] has all the facts ... that it will see things differently."
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By keeping mum about a doctor's status as a contractor, a hospital vests the doctor with "apparent authority" and the patient may be presumed to have accepted care in the reasonable belief that the doctor is acting in the hospital's behalf, the court held in Estate of Cordero v. Christ Hospital et al.
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