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power of attorney
(redirected from Attorney-in-fact)

   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
power of attorney
Etymology: Fr, pouvoir + OFr, atorne, legal agent
a document authorizing one person to take legal actions on behalf of another, to act as an agent for the grantor. The legality of a power of attorney may be challenged if the grantor can be found to have been mentally incompetent at the time the authority was granted.


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