apparent authority

collocation in English

meaningsofapparentandauthority

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apparent
adjective
uk
/əˈpær.ənt/us
/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofapparentandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofapparent authority

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But in fact we commonly distinguish between real and perceived orapparentauthorityand between de jure and merely de facto authority.
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These are examples of the separation of the forms ofapparentauthorityand the reality of legislative and executive power and of financial control.
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Is this the best way, by paying out these large sums of money without anyapparentauthority?
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Ostensible orapparentauthorityis the authority of an agent as it appears to others.
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Third, an agent may haveapparentauthority(also called ostensible authority) as it would appear to a reasonable person, creating an estoppel.
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A company secretary routinely enters into contracts in the company's name and has administrative responsibilities that would giveapparentauthorityto hire cars.
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Apparentauthoritycan legally be found, even if actually authority has not been given.
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Standard principles of commercial agency apply (apparentauthority).
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In the first chapter she cites scholarly studies to describe how people may unknowingly disengage their critical thinking in the face ofapparentauthority.
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This affects the rules as to theapparentauthorityof an agent of a corporation in two ways.
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Apparentauthorityrefers to a situation where a reasonable person would understand that an agent had authority to act.
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In relation to companies, theapparentauthorityof directors, officers and agents of the company is normally referred to as ostensible authority.
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Such action is calledapparentauthority.
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In the ultimate analysis he relies either upon the representation of the principal, that is,apparentauthority, or upon the representation of the agent, that is, warranty of authority.
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Even if that implied authority has been revoked or limited, the partner will haveapparentauthority unless the third party knows that the authority has been compromised.
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Note that without ratification by the principal, the third party is not bound to the unauthorized agreement created by an agent with noapparentauthority, until the principal ratifies it.
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This is called lingeringapparentauthority.
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