Agent - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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