law of agency

collocation in English

meaningsoflawandagency

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law
noun
uk
/lɔː/us
/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition oflawandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflaw of agency

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I will show that married women's use of thelawofagencyto make purchases for the household was commonplace.
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Instead, the common-law device of thelawofagencyprovided her with the right to purchase necessaries in her husband's name, according to his rank and wealth.
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The basis upon which the agency will have effect will be governed by the generallawofagency.
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Some of us wished at that time to restrict thelawofagencyin its application to trade unions.
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A consequence of self-regulation and non-accountability is the violation of thelawofagency.
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That is because such questioning would be permitted by virtue of the ordinarylawofagency.
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These principles draw substantially from the requirements of the commonlawofagency.
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The second is the question of the implications for the structure of ourlawofagency.
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But for the rest of thelawofagencyto be pushed out in this detail is, to my mind, quite intolerable.
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Subsection (2) is clearly at odds with thelawofagency.
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I should have rather proceeded on the footing of special restriction of thelawofagency.
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But there is such a thing as thelawofagency.
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A distinction is made between independent intermediaries and company representatives in respect of thelawofagency.
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Without doubt, problems have been created in the past with respect to thelawofagency.
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But the word "agency" covers many things in business language, sometimes a completely distinct and self-governing branch of a business to which thelawofagencymight not apply.
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Thelawofagencywith bodies of that kind only goes so far as to make liable in their property those members who authorise the wrongful act.
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The solicitor or attorney is an agent of the client under thelawofagency.
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Thelawofagencythus governs the legal relationship in which the agent deals with a third party on behalf of the principal.
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He specialises in international commercial law - international sales, carriage by sea, parts of the conflict of laws and thelawofagency.
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The abolition of the "ultra vires" doctrine, however, does not affect the operation of the ordinary principles of thelawofagency.
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