ostensible authority

ostensible authority
ostensible authority see authority

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

ostensible authority
authority that appears from the circumstances to exist whatever the reality may be. The manager of a shop has ostensible authority in relation to many transactions, regardless of what authority the owner may actually have given him. See agency, apparent authority.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


ostensible authority
Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Buying or Selling a Business
Category: Employment Law & HR → Human Resources

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


ostensible authority
n. A relationship between two parties that reasonably leads a third party to believe that one is the agent of the other; for example, an emergency room physician who may be employed by an outside contractor, not the hospital, may nonetheless be deemed the "ostensible agent" of the hospital.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

ostensible authority
n.
   apparent authority to do something or represent another person or entity.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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