ostensible authority
ostensible authority
n. apparent authority to do something or represent another person or entity. (See: apparent authority, ostensible agent)
| 单词 | ostensible authority |
| 释义 | ostensible authorityostensible authorityn. apparent authority to do something or represent another person or entity. (See: apparent authority, ostensible agent) ostensible authorityauthority that appears from the circumstances to exist whatever the reality may be. The manager of a shop has ostensible authority in relation to many transactions, regardless of what authority the owner may actually have given him. See AGENCY, APPARENT AUTHORITY.ostensible authorityostensible authorityThe illusion of having the authority to act as an agent on behalf of a principal.It can be created because the agent gives that impression and the principal does nothing to correct the misperception,or because the principal itself creates that impression in others. Either way, the principal will be bound by the actions of the agent if a court finds that ostensible authority existed. |
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