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Representative, bearing the character or power of another. Before 1926, an heir-at-law or devisee was a real representative; an executor or administrator is a personal representative. See now definition in the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117 (xviii.), and Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 55 (xi.). If the plaintiff sues, or any of the defendants is sued, in a representative character, this must be stated on the writ, and must also appear in the title or heading of the statement of claim [Ord. III., r. 4; Re Tottenham, (1896) 1 Ch 628], and Ord. XVI., r. 19, as to representation of parties in an action.

One who stands for or act on behalf of another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1304