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agent 1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result 2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action [where the heads of departments are the political…s of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president "Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)"] see also innocent agent 3 a : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties see also agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining business agent : an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization ;esp : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employ...
Agent
Agent, a person acting for another, whether by his express or implied authority, the general rule being, that whatever a person may do himself, that he may, as 'principal,' authorize another to do for him, and in accordance with the maxim, qui facit per alium facit per se, to fix him with the same liability in contract or tort as if he had done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult Bowstead on Agency or Evans on Principal and Agent.Where the principal is disclosed, only the principal can be sued. Where the principal is not disclosed, but the agent acts as agent, either the agent or the principal, when disclosed, can be sued. If an agent represents himself as such, and contract for an undisclosed and unascertained principal, his contract may be ratified by the principal when disclosed and ascertained.Agent is a person appointed to carry on a business under the powers of a committee of a person incapable of managing his affairs or under a...
Friend or agent
Friend or agent, a 'friend' who, in truth and substance, is a friend of the detenu may appear for the detenu but if such a 'friend' also happens to be a legal practitioner, he cannot, as of right, appear before the Advisory Board on behalf of the detenu. The same reasoning will apply to appearance by an 'agent'. In other words, if an 'agent' is in 'truth and substance' an agent, the detenu may appear through him. But if the 'agent' is a legal practitioner, appearance by him as of right will be barred. But a 'friend' or an 'agent' of the detenu who in essentially a comrade in the profession of the detenu for which he is detained, such a 'friend' or 'agent' will also be barred from appearance on behalf of the detenu, Devji Vallabhbhai Tandel v. Administrator of Goa, AIR 1982 SC 1029: (1982) 2 SCC 222: (1982) 3 SCR 553....
Mercantile agent
Mercantile agent. The Factors Act, 1839 (English) (52 & 53 Vict. c. 45), s. 1, defines a mercantile agent as 'a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods or to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or to buy goods or to raise money on the security of goods.' A mercantile agent has implied authority to pledge the goods entrusted to him, Weiner v. Harris, (1910) 1 KB 285. See also Weiner v. Gill, (1906) 2 KB 574; and Kempler v. Bravingtons Ltd., (1925) 133 LT 680.It means mercantile agent having in the customary course of business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purposes of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930), s. 2 (9)]...
Necessity, agent of
Necessity, agent of. An agent of necessity may be constituted in two ways: (1) 'Extraordinary emergencies may arise, in which a person who is an agent, may, from the very necessities of the case, be justified in assuming extraordinary powers; . . . his acts, fairly done, under such circumstances, will be binding up on his principal' (Story on Agency, 9th ed. s. 141). (2) A stranger acting without any authority may become an agent under circumstances of positive necessity. The doctrine originated in marine adventure, but has been gradually extended, see Prager v. Blatspied, (1924) 1 KB 566; see Gwillian v. Twist, (1895) 2 QB 84; Largan v. G.W.R. Co., 30 LT 173.A wife deserted by her husband has authority by law, as an agent of necessity, to pledge his credit for necessaries suitable to her station in life and for costs reasonably incurred in taking proceedings against him.A wife defending a divorce suit is not an agent of necessity as regards her costs, Arnold and Weaver v. Amari, (1928...
Principal and agent
Principal and agent, he who being sui juris, and competent to do any act for his own benefit on his own account, employs another person to do it, is called the principal constituent, or employer, and he who is thus employed is called the agent, attorney, proxy, or delegate of the principal, constituent or employer. The relation thus created between the parties is termed an agency. The power thus delegated is called in law an authority. And the act, when performed, is often designated as an act of agency or procuration, Story on Agency, 3. See AGENT; POWER OF ATTORNEY; VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY; and consult Bowstead on Agency or Wright on Principal and Agent.Principal and agent, expressions 'principal' and 'agent' used in a document are not decisive. The nature of transaction is required to be determined on the basis of the substance there and not by the nomenenture use, Assam Small Scale Ind. Dev. Corporation Ltd. v. M/s J.D. Pharmacenficalse Ltd., AIR 2006 SC 131....
Commission Agent or Broker
Commission Agent or Broker, means a person who in the ordinary course of business makes contracts for the sale or purchase of excisable goods for others. [Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), s. 2 (aaa)]In commerce, the order by which anyone traffics or negotiates for another; also, and much more frequently, the percentage given to factors or agents for transacting the business of others.Earning Commission.--Commission may be earned by bringing contracting parties together, although an actual contract may not be made, Green v. Bartlett, (1863) 32 LJCP 261. From a contract to employ for a time certain on commission may be implied a contract to give opportunity to earn the commission throughout the time, Turner v. Goldsmith, 1891 (1) QB 544; Warren v. Agdeshman, 38 TLR 588].Commission from the other Party.--That an agent employed by his principal to sell or otherwise to negotiate with another take a pecuniary or other benefit from that other for himself as part of the negotiation, expre...
Agent and servant
Agent and servant, an agent has to be distinguished on the one hand from a servant and on the other from an independent contractor. A servant acts under the direct control and supervision of his master and is bound to conform to all reasonable orders given in the course of his work.... An agent though bound to exercise his authority in accordance with all lawful instructions which may be given to him from time to time by principal, is not subject in its exercise to the direct control or supervision of the principal, Qamar Shaffi Tyabji v. CEPT, AIR 1960 SC 1269 (1271): (1960) 3 SCR 546.A servant acts under the direct control and supervision of the master, and is bound to conform to all reasonable orders given to him in the course of his work...An agent though bound to exercise his authority in accordance with all lawful instructions which may be given to him from time to time by his principal , is not subject in its exercise to the direct control or supervision of the principal, Chandi...
Del credere agent
Del credere agent, is the agent of the seller only up to a point. Beyond that he is either a principal or an agent of the buyer see Seksari Cotton Mills v. State of Bombay, AIR 1953 SC 278 (281).Del credere agent, is one who, usually for extra remuneration, undertakes to indemnify his employer against loss arising from the failure of persons with whom he contracts to carry out their contracts, Halsbury's Laws of England 1(2), para 13, p. 11....
In the way of his business as agent
In the way of his business as agent, the expression 'in the way of his business as agent' means that the property is entrusted to him in the ordinary course of his duty or habitual occupation or profession or trade.... The term agent in s. 409 is not restricted only to those persons who carry on the profession of agents, R.K. Dalmia v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1962 SC 1821: (1963) 1 SCR 253....
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