attorney–in–fact

attorney–in–fact
attorney–in–fact n pl attorneys–in–fact: an attorney who may or may not be a lawyer who is given written authority to act on another's behalf esp. by a power of attorney compare attorney-at-law

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

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