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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...
listing
listing 1 : an arrangement, agreement, or contract for the marketing of real property through one or more real estate agents usually for a specific period called also listing agreement exclusive agency listing : a listing under which only one agent may sell the property but without the right to a commission if the owner sells it directly NOTE: An agent is usually still entitled to a commission if the owner sells directly to a buyer who was introduced into the process by the agent, even if the sale occurs after the agreement expires. exclusive right to sell listing : a listing under which only one agent may sell the property and is entitled to a commission if the owner sells it directly to any party multiple listing : an agreement or arrangement under which real property is marketed through a service or association composed of several agents with a commission from the sale of a property shared between the selling agent and the agent that initiates the listing of it net listing ...
agency
agency pl: -cies 1 : the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved [death by criminal "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 a : a consensual fiduciary relationship in which one party acts on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties ;also : the power of one in such a relationship to act on behalf of another NOTE: A principal is bound by and liable for acts of his or her agent that are within the scope of the agency. ac·tu·al agency : the agency that exists when an agent is in fact employed by a principal see also express agency and implied agency in this entry agency by estoppel : an agency that is not created as an actual agency by a principal and an agent but that is imposed by law when a principal acts in such a way as to lead a third party to reasonably believe that another is the principal's agent and the third party is injured by relying on and acting in accordance with that belief NOTE: A principal has...
Patent agent
Patent agent.--By s. 84 of the (English) Patents and Designs Act, 1907, as amended by Patents and Designs Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), this expression 'means exclusively an agent for obtaining patents in the United Kingdom'; and by the same section no person can so term himself unless he is registered in pursuance of the Act.Means a person for the time being registered under this Act as a patent agent. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2(n)]...
exclusive listing
exclusive listing a written contract giving a real estate agent the exclusive right to sell a property for a specific timeframe. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
certify
certify -fied -fy·ing [Medieval Latin certificare, from Late Latin, to assure, convince, from Latin certus certain + -ficare to make] 1 : to state authoritatively: as a : to give assurance of the validity of [ corporate records] b : to present in formal communication (as an order) esp. for review by an appellate court [the court may the question to the Supreme Judicial Court "R. T. Gerwatowski"] see also certification c : to state as being true or as reported or as meeting a standard [refused to the suit as a class action and dismissed it "Marcia Coyle"] 2 : to guarantee (a personal check) as to signature and amount by so indicating (as by stamping certified) on the face see also certified check at check 3 a : certificate license b : to designate (a labor union) as an exclusive bargaining agent or representative ...
Advocates in Aberdeen, Society of
Advocates in Aberdeen, Society of. A society of Solicitors in Aberdeen, originating in 1633. Until the passing of the Law Agents Act of 1873, they enjoyed the exclusive privilege of practising in all the Courts within the City of Aberdeen....
Boiler Explosions Act
Boiler Explosions Act, 1882 (English) (45 & 46Vict. c. 22), whereby detailed notice of an explosion from any boiler, i.e. (s. 3), 'any closed vessel used for generating steam, or for heating water, or for heating other liquids, or into which steam is admitted for heating, steaming, boiling, or other similar purposes,' must be sent within 24 hours by the 'owner or user,' or their agent, to the Board of Trade, who have power to order an inquiry with respect to the explosion. Boilers used exclusively for domestic purposes, and boilers used in the service of his Majesty or on board certificated steamships, were exempted from the Act, and so were some boiler explosions in mines, but an amending 'Boiler Explosions Act, 1890,' repeals these exemptions, except those for Crown and domestic boilers. A pipe may be a 'boiler' within this Act, R. v. Commissioners, (1891) 1 QB 703; but a boiler used for heating business premises in within the exception, Smith v. Muller, (1894) 1 QB 192....
Lodger
Lodger, a tenant, with the right of exclusive possession, of a part of a house called lodgings, the landlord, by himself or an agent, retaining general dominion over the house itself.Lodgings may be let in the same manner as lands and tenements; in general, however, they are let either by agreement in writing or verbally. An executory verbal agreement may be void by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 40; and see Edgev Strafford, (1831) 1 C. & J. 391, as being a contract in relation to land, and a written agreement is often desirable to avoid dispute.Lodgers in rooms which have been let as a separate dwelling to them, unfurnished, may be tenants of a dwelling-house for the purpose of the (English) Rent Restrictions Acts, 1920, 1935, and if that dwelling or the house of which the rooms form parties not decontrolled, their tenancy is within those Acts (see INCREASEOF RENT). As to rent-books generally, in small houses, see (English) Housing Act, 1936, s. 4, and Part IV of that Act...
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