scope of authority
scope of authority. Agency. The range of reasonable power that an agent has been delegated or might foreseeably be delegated in carrying out the principal’s business. See SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT; RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR. [Cases: Principal and Agent 26, 92–137. C.J.S. Agency §§ 19, 21–22, 44, 47, 50, 73, 143–165, 172, 174–242, 248–256, 361, 363–368, 378–379, 385–386, 388, 390–392, 394, 397, 400, 405–409, 411, 421, 457, 493–499, 501, 503, 521–526, 531, 534, 539–541, 546, 548; Architects §§ 21–22, 24.]