scope of authority

scope of authority
n.
Authority that has been delegated to an agent to allow him or her to carry out the assigned task, including both powers actually authorized by the principal and those that are implied in the task.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


scope of authority
n. In the law of agency, whatever amount of authority an agent has been delegated or might reasonably be expected to be delegated in order to carry out his/her principal's business.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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