business agent
business agent. 1. See managing agent under AGENT. 2. A labor-union representative selected to deal with employers.
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public agent
A person appointed to act for the public in matters pertaining to governmental administration or public business. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 1. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 1–9, 12–17, 21.]
emigrant agent
One engaged in the business of hiring laborers for work outside the country or state.
general agent
An agent authorized to transact all the principal’s business of a particular kind or in a particular place. • Among the common types of general agents are factors, brokers, and partners. [Cases: Insurance 1634(2); Principal and Agent 93. C.J.S. Agency § 172; Insurance §§ 193–194.]
high managerial agent
An agent of a corporation or other business, having authority to formulate corporate policy or supervise employees. — Also termed superior agent.
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local agent
An agent appointed to act as another’s (esp. a company’s) representative and to transact business within a specified district.
managing agent
A person with general power involving the exercise of judgment and discretion, as opposed to an ordinary agent who acts under the direction and control of the principal. — Also termed business agent. [Cases: Principal and Agent 50.]
public agent
public agent 公众代理人 受命在与政府管理〔governmental administration〕或公共事务〔public business〕有关事项中代表公众的人。
ship broker
ship broker. Maritime law. 1. The business agent of a shipowner or charterer; an intermediary between an owner or charterer and a shipper. 2. One who negotiates the purchase and sale of a ship.