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Actual Authority

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Actual authority, means the authority that a principal intentionally confers on an agent, including the authority that the agent reasonably believes he or she has as a result of the agent's dealings with the principal. Actual authority can be either express or implied, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 27.

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