See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

AGENT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. agere, to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act)  , a name applied generally to any See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who acts for another . It has probably been adopted from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, as its See also:

• FUNCTION

function in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law was otherwise expressed in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence . See also:

• DUCANGE, VICTOR HENRI JOSEPH BRAHAIN (1783-1833)

Ducange (s.v . Agentes) tells us that in the later Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers who collected the See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain in the provinces for the troops and the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, and afterwards extended their functions so as to include those of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government postmasters or spies, came to be called agentes in See also:

• REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus, their earlier name having been frumentarii . In law an See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent is a person authorized, expressedly or impliedly, to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act for another, who is thence called the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal, and who is, in consequence of, and to the extent of, the authority delegated by him, See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound by the acts of his agent . (See PRINCIPAL AND AGENT; See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

FACTOR, &C.) In See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland the procurators or solicitors who act in the preparation of cases in the various law-courts are called agents . (See See also:

• SOLICITOR

SOLICITOR.) In France the agents de See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change were formerly the class generally'licensed for conducting all negotiations, as they were termed, whether in See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce or the See also:

• MONEY

money See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market . The See also:

• TERM

term has, however, become practically limited to those who conduct transactions in public stock . The See also:

• LAWS

laws and regulations as to courtiers, or those whose functions were more distinctly confined to transactions in merchandise, haveebeen mixed up with those applicable to agents de change . Down to the See also:

• YEAR

year 1572 both functions were See also:

• FREE

free; but at that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, partly for See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial reasons, a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of licensing was adopted at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, 1'H6pital . Among the other revolutionary See also:

• MEASURES

measures of the year 1791, the professions of agent and courtier were again opened to the public . Many of the financial See also:

• CONVULSIONS

convulsions of the ensuing years, which were due to more serious causes, were attributed to this indiscriminate removal of restrictions, and they were reimposed in 18or .

From that period regulations have been made from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time as to the qualifications of agents, the See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security to be found by them and the like . They are now regarded as public officers, appointed, with certain privileges and duties, by the government to act as intermediaries in negotiating transfers of public funds and commercial See also:

• STOCKS

stocks and for dealing in metallic currency . (See STOCK See also:

• EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE: France.) In See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy the term " agent " was originally applied to all " See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic agents," including ambassadors . With the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of the diplomatic See also:

• HIERARCHY (Gr. iepos, holy, and apxe.v, to rule)

hierarchy, however, the term gradually sank until it was technically applied only to the lowest class of " diplomatic agents," without a 'representative See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and of a status and character so dubious that, by the regulation of the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, they were wholly excluded from the immunities of the diplomatic service . (See DIPLOMACY.) AGENT-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

GENERAL, the term given to a representative in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England of one of the self-governing See also:

• BRITISH

British colonies . Agents-general may be said to hold a position See also:

• MID

mid-way between agents of provinces and ambassadors of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign countries . They are appointed, and their expenses and salaries provided, by the governments of the colonies they represent, viz . Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, See also:

• NATAL

Natal, the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, New See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, See also:

• QUEENSLAND

Queensland, South See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania, See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, Western Australia, New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand and See also:

• CANADA

Canada (whose representatives are termed high commissioners) . Their duties are to look after the See also:

• POLITICAL

political and economic interests of their colonies in See also:

• LONDON

London, to assist in all financial and commercial matters in which their colonies may be concerned, such as See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping arrangements and rates of See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight, See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable communications and rates, tenders for public See also:

• WORKS

works, &c., and to make known the products of their colonies . Those colonies which are not under responsible government are represented in London by See also:

• CROWN

crown agents .