Power Of Attorney at Legal Glossary What is it? A document that gives another person legal authority to act on your behalf.
Power of Attorney definition:
A document which gives a person the right to make binding decisions for another, as an agent.
A document which gives a person the right to make binding decisions for another, as an agent.
Power Of Appointment
It is the right given by one person(creator of will) to the other (eg. Trust) to distribute, transfer or gift his assets upon his death.The two types of power of appointment are 1) General - Where the holder of the will creators ...
Horsepower (hp): Measure of power (the amount of work that can be done over a given amount of time). One horsepower is defined as 33,000 foot-pounds of work in one minute.
Police Power
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in law, right of a government to make laws necessary for the health, morals, and welfare of the populace.
Durable Power Of Attorney: A written instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney-in-fact that survives the subsequent incapacity or disability of the principal.
INHERENT POWERS - 'Inherent powers' are defined in Black's Law Dictionary as 'powers over and beyond those explicitly granted in the Constitution or reasonably to be implied from express grants[.]' Black's Law Dictionary 782 (6th ed. 1990).
In the case Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205 (1917), the Supreme Court determined that the Necessary and Proper Clause grants to Congress complete and plenary power to fix and determine the maritime laws throughout the country.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
A document which gives a person the right to make binding decisions for another, as an agent.
Power of AttorneyDocument that authorizes a person to make, on the grantor's behalf, decisions concerning the grantor's property and personal care issues.
Power - Authority to do. One has the power to do something if he is of legal age. Also, used as "powers," the term refers to authority granted by one person to another, i.e.
Power of Attorney:
An instrument authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
Power of Sale:
The right to sell land when a mortgage is in default.
Power of Attorney: Written document authorizing one person to take certain legal actions on behalf of the person giving the power of attorney..
Power to Acquire Funds and Property
A beneficial association may acquire and dispose of property in a proper manner and for proper purposes, whether by sale, deed, lease, mortgage, or other document.
Power of Attorney Forms
A Power of Attorney is a legal document that evidences the creation of a liaison between two people who are designated as "principal" and "agent". . . .
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POWER OF ATTORNEY A written document whereby one person, as principal, appoints another as his/her agent and authorizes that agent to act in his/her behalf.
power of attorney: instrument authorizing one to act legally for another either generally or in a specified matter
precedent: previously adjudged action or decision on same or similar point, serving as a rule or example for present guidance ...
Power of Attorney
A written instrument by which a principal appoints another to act as his or her agent and authorizes the agent to perform certain acts.
POWER OF ATTORNEY: The authority to act legally for another person.
PRECEDENT: A previously decided case that is considered binding in the court where it was issued and in all lower courts in the same jurisdiction.
Power of Attorney
Formal authorization of a person to act in the interests of another person.
Praecipe
A writ commanding the Clerk of Court to issue a subpoena or summons.
The power, in a State, is necessarily limited to subjects within its jurisdiction. These are persons, property, and business, - whatever the form of taxation, whether as duties, imports, excises or licenses.
Police Power: The inherent authority residing in each state to regulate, protect, and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
USURPED POWER, insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance it is provided, that "No loss of damage by fire, happening by any invasion, foreign enemy, ...
Powers held by the Queen or her Ministers which can be used without the consent of the Commons or Lords.
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Power of Attorney - formal assignment to another of the right to legally act on your behalf
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War powers
Definition
: the powers delegated to the executive and legislative branches of the federal government relating to the waging of war: as
a : the power delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
The powers of a dictator were a temporary revival of those of the kings; but there were some limitations to his authority. He was never concerned with civil jurisdiction, and was dependent on the senate for supplies of money.
The powers to review administrative decisions are usually established by statute, but were originally developed from the royal prerogative writs of English law, such as the writ of mandamus and the writ of certiorari.
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generation-skipping transfer tax
A federal tax imposed on money placed in a generation-skipping trust.
additurThe power of the trial court to increase the damage award made by a jury. There is no additur in federal courts.
adjudicationGiving or pronouncing a judgment or decree, or rendering a decision.
The ET only has power to adjudicate on claims which are within its jurisdiction. Where a claim appears to fall outside the ET's jurisdiction, the ET will often decide this issue before proceeding to hear the full claim.
Before 1993 the power to prefer Voluntary Bills rested with the grand jury, but they were abolished and the power was transferred to the High Court.
*manus - the power of the pater familias over his wife and his sons' wives.
additur - The power of the trial court to increase the assessment of an inadequate damage award made by a jury. There is no additur in federal courts.
ADDITUR - The power of a trial court to increase the amount of an award made by a jury verdict as an alternative to granting a new trial.
Oxycontin®: A powerful prescription pain reliever prescribed for patients suffering from moderate to severe chronic pain.
Jurisdiction: Power and authority of a court to hear and make a judgment in a case.
Juror: Member of a jury.
Jury Charge: The judge's formal instructions on the law to the jury before it begins deliberations.
Jurisdiction - the power and authority of the court to hear certain cases. For example, the jurisdiction for divorce cases is in civil court.
Jurisdiction is the power of a court or judge to entertain an action, petition or other proceeding.
In the USA, the power to pardon for federal offenses belongs to the President.
Circuit Court Most states are comprised of local governmental units called counties, each with its own courthouse where local judges preside over county courts (usually including small claims courts) and circuit judges preside over more powerful ...
A de facto government is one which has seized power by force or in any other unconstitutional method and governs in spite of the existence of a de jure government. Defalcation 1.
Pendente lite: (Latin: during litigation) If the validity of a will is challenged, a court may appoint an administrator pendente lite with limited powers to preserve the assets of the deceased until a hearing on the validity of the will.
power of attorney - An instrument in writing whereby one person, as principal, appoints another as his agent and confers authority to perform certain specified acts or kinds of acts on behalf of principal.
Also used to describe the person who is the recipient of a power of attorney; the person who would have to exercise the power of attorney.
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As a general rule, it may be laid down that the principal has a right to revoke the powers which he has given; but this is subject to some exception, of which the following are examples.
Power of Attorney - A written instrument appointing and authorizing a person who may or not be an attorney to act in the place of another as agent or substitute.
Supreme Court
n. 1) the highest court in the United States, which has the ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and other appeals based on the jurisdiction granted by the Constitution, including cases based on federal statutes, ...
A formal group of experts brought together on a regular or ad hoc basis to debate matters within that sphere of expertise, and with regulatory or quasi-judicial powers such as the ability to license activity in the sphere of activity or to sub poena ...
JURISDICTION - The right and power to interpret and apply the law to a particular case. One definition relates to the authority of a court to hear and rule upon certain types of cases. This is sometimes called "subject matter jurisdiction.
personal jurisdiction: (in personam jurisdiction): the power of a court to require a person to come before it and defend a lawsuit or suffer a judgment against that person.
Power Of Attorney - An instrument in writing authorizing another to act as agent on behalf of the person whose signature appears on the document.
Jurisdiction - The power of the Court to hear a case in question. Jurisdiction exists when the proper parties are present in a part of the State where the event occurred and when the point to be decided is within the issues authorized statute or ...
Jurisdiction - The power or authority of a court to hear and try a case; the geographic area in which a court has power or the types of cases it has power to hear.
Jurisprudence- The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
The Centuriata was made up of the entire citizen body divided by social class and voting power was weighted heavily towards the wealthy.
Eminent Domain - The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
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Personal Jurisdiction: The power of the court to make orders regarding an individual and have them enforced.
Personal Property: Property that is not real estate.
Petition: A formal request that the court take some action; a complaint.
Clerk of Court- the clerks of Superior Court in each county of the state exercise the judicial power of the state in the probate of wills, administration of estates, and the handling of special proceedings such as adoptions and foreclosures.
Fee Simple
An estate under which the owner is entitled to unrestricted powers to dispose of the property, and which can be left by will or inherited.
Federal Home Loan Board
The board which charters and forbids discrimination in the sale.
Ultra vires - [Beyond the powers]. Term relates generally to the excess of legal powers or authority.
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