See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

POWER OF See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

ATTORNEY, or See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

LETTER OF ATTORNEY  , iS an authority under See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand and See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal empowering the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person named therein to do some See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act on behalf of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal, which other-See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise could only be done by the principal himself . It is either See also:

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

general or See also:

• SPECIAL

special . A general See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney authorizes the See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent to act for his principal in all matters, or in matters of a particular nature only, or in respect of a particular business . A special act of attorney authorizes the agent to represent his principal only in some particular specified act . It expires with See also:

• DEATH

death of the principal, and is revocable at his will, even by a verbal See also:

• NOTICE

notice, unless it has been given for a valuable See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration . Moreover, the terms of the power are construed literally, and give such authority only as they confer expressly or by necessary implication . The See also:

• CONVEYANCING

Conveyancing Act of 1881 provides See also:

• PROTECTION

protection for any person making any See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment or doing any act in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good faith, in pursuance of a power of attorney, if before the 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 of the payment or act the donor of the power had died or become lunatic, of unsound mind, or bankrupt, or had revoked the power . The 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 See also:

• RELATING

relating to See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of attorney is a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the law of agency .