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Broker

One who transacts business for another an agent

Caloric

The principle of heat or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed not now used in scientific nomenclature but

Carbonize

an animal or vegetable substance into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent to char

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principal

for him or her subject to his or her general control or instruction : one from whom an agent derives authority to act compare fiduciary b : one who commits a crime or instigates, encourages, or assists

open shop

a labor union though there may be an agreement by which a union is recognized as sole bargaining agent called also merit shop compare agency shop, closed shop, union shop

Causative

Effective as a cause or agent causing

commitment

by the patient, in the case of voluntary commitment, or by someone (as a family member or government agent) authorized by statute to petition for the patient's involuntary commitment. Some form of a hearing and periodic review

administrative dissolution

such things as failing to pay taxes, failing to deliver an annual report, or operating without a registered agent

agency shop

agency shop : a shop in which the labor union serves as the bargaining agent for and receives dues from all employees in the bargaining unit regardless of union membership compare open shop,

alter ego

literally, second I] : second self ;esp : a person or entity vicariously liable for another (as an agent) [had the officer been the alter ego of the corporation "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] compare

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