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AGENT

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(A) An agent is the person who is authorized by another person (the principal) to deal with third parties and has the power to enter binding contracts for the principal and also create liability for the principal if the agent harms another person while performing within the scope of his or her duties. (Source: TheLaw.com) (B) international law. One who is employed by a prince … [Read more...] about AGENT

AFORESAID

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Before, or already said, mentioned, or recited; premised. PlowdL 67. Foresaid is used in Scotch law. Although the words "preceding" and "aforesaid" generally mean next before, and "following" means next after, yet a different signification will be given to them if required by the context and the facts of the case. Simpson v. Robert, 35 Ga. 180. … [Read more...] about AFORESAID

AGENT AND PATIENT

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This phrase is used to indicate the state of a person who is required to do a thing, and is at the same time the person to whom it is done; as, when a man is indebted to another, and he appoints him his executor, the latter is required to pay the debt in his capacity of executor, and entitled to receive it in his own right, he is then agent and patient. Termes de la ley. … [Read more...] about AGENT AND PATIENT

AFORETHOUGHT

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In criminal law. Deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. State v. Peo, 9 Houst (Del.) 488, 33 Bl. Law Diot.(2d Ed.)4 Atl. 257; Edwards v. State, 25 Ark. 444; People v. Ah Choy, 1 Idaho, 317; State v. Fiske, 63 Conn. 388, 28 Atl. 572. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition crim. law. Premeditated, prepense; the length of time during which the accused has entertained … [Read more...] about AFORETHOUGHT