apparent authority

Authority that a third party reasonably believes an agent has, based on the third party’s dealings with the principal, even though the principal did not confer or intend to confer the authority.

• Apparent authority can be created by law even when no actual authority has been conferred.

— Also termed ostensible authority; authority by estoppel. [Cases: Principal and Agent 99. C.J.S. Agency §§ 153–164.]

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译者Eugina，毕业于一所旨在培养高级翻译专业人才的翻译院校，擅长翻译涉及国防和军工领域的法律文件。