scope of authority

scope of authority definition - legal

n

In the law of agency, whatever amount of authority an agent has been delegated or might reasonably be expected to be delegated in order to carry out his/her principalÂ’s business. See also respondeat superior and scope of employment.

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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