actual authority

Authority that a principal intentionally confers on an agent or authority that the agent reasonably believes he or she has as a result of the agent’s dealings with the principal.

• Actual authority can be either express or implied.

— Also termed real authority. [Cases: Principal and Agent 96, 99. C.J.S. Agency §§ 148–149, 153–164.]

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译员Terence，毕业于国内顶尖法学院，擅长翻译有关能源和自然资源领域的法律文件。