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n

v

  1. One who acts on behalf of one or more others in an official capacity.
  2. The act of granting another the power to act on oneÂ’s behalf.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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