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INCIDENTAL AUTHORITY [4 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

... authority to borrow money carries with it as an incidental authority the power to sign commercial paper to effectuate the borrowing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

Usual authority... An agent in the class or group referred to above is impliedly authorised to do what is usual in his trade, profession, or business for the purpose of carrying out his authority or anything necessary or incidental thereto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Finance
DEF

An agent employed to conduct a particular trade or business, having implied or ostensible authority to do whatever is incidental to that trade or business. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Finances
DEF

Agent à qui une entreprise attribue le droit exclusif d'agir en son nom sur un territoire déterminé.

CONT

Un agent général peut être chargé de l'ensemble des opérations commerciales liées à la vente d'un produit, notamment des services qui en découlent : implantation sur les marchés, création d'un réseau de distribution et de vente, publicité, stockage, service après-vente, etc., suivant des modalités précisées dans un contrat. Il a généralement le statut de mandataire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Finanzas
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Record 4 2009-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

A clerk of court, particularly a chief or principal clerk. A ministerial officer of the court, having the custody of its records and seals, with power to certify the correctness of transcripts from such records, and possessing authority to perform certain acts of a judicial nature incidental to his ministerial duties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Préposé à l'administration d'un palais de justice; dépositaire de tous les papiers de cour d'un palais de justice; dépositaire des registres de ce dernier; celui qui émet les brefs et autres papiers de cour en leur donnant, par sa signature, un caractère d'authenticité. -- Officier public qui, en l'absence du juge, peut rendre des décisions et auquel on s'adresse en matière de nomination de tuteur, d'interdiction et de mariage civil.

Spanish

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