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power of attorney
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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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