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Crown agent, the solicitor to the Department of the Lord Advocate. His office is called the 'Crown Office.'...
Crown agents for the colonies
Crown agents for the colonies act as the business and financial agents in the United Kingdom for the Colonies other than the Dominions, and are appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies....
Ship's agent
Ship's agent. The Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, provides for the appointment of an agent by the commanding officer of each of His Majesty's ships to act for the ship with respect to salvage, bounty, prize, etc. (ss. 4-12). The ship's agent receives 2' per cent. of any such money distributed among the officers and crew. He may not be a solicitor, proctor, attorney, or employed by the Crown, and is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the High Court of Admiralty. See also (English) Naval Prize Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 30)....
agent
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)]...
Crown
Crown [fr. Couronne, Fr.; corona, Lat.], an ornamental badge of regal power worn on the head by sovereign princes. The word is frequently used when speaking of the sovereign himself, or the rights, duties, and prerogatives belonging to him.The Act of Supremacy (English) (1 Eliz. C. 1), 'restoring to the Crown the Ancient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesistical and Spiritual and abolishing all Foreign Power repugnant to the same,' after repealing 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 8, reviving the Foreign Citations Act,the Act of Appeals, Abolition of Annates Act, the Act of Submission, the Confirmation of Bishops Act, the Archiepiscopal Licenses Act (23 Hen. 8, Contract Act, 1872 '. 9, 20; 24 Hen. 8, c. 12 l 25 Hen. 8, Contract Act, 1872 -. 19-21; 26 Hen. 8, c. 14; 28 Hen. 8, c. 16), and also repealing 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 6 (see HERESY), enacted that-Such jurisdictions, privileges, superiorities and pre-eminences spiritual and ecclesiastical as by any spiritualor ecclesiastical power or authority hath her...
Crown lands
Crown lands. The demesne lands of the Crown, which it is now usual for the sovereign to surrender at the commencement of his reign for its whole duration, in consideration of the Civil List settled upon him. Crown lands have been distributed and are managed respectively by the Commissioners of (English) Crown Lands (incorporated by Crown Lands Act, 1927 (17& 18 Geo. 5, c. 23), the Commissioners of Works; the Board of Trade; the Forestry Commissionrs; the Treasury. The revenues go to the Consolidated Fund, and they are managed under a series of (English) Crown Lands Acts, from the (English) Crown Lands Act, 1829 (c. 50), to the (English) Crown Lands Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 23). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Crown....
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...
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