REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

A form of government where the powers of the sovereignty are delegated to a body of men, elected from time to time, who exercise them for the benefit of the whole nation. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 31. … [Read more...] about REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

Representation to the act of one person representing or standing in the place of another; and he who so represents or stands in the place of another is termed his "representative." Thus, an heir is the representative of the ancestor, and an executor is the representative of the testator, the heir standing in the place of his deceased ancestor with respect to his realty, the … [Read more...] about REPRESENTATIVE

A fiction of the law, the effect of which is to put the representative in the place, degree, or right of the person represented. 2. The heir represents his ancestor. Bac. Abr. Heir and Ancestor, A. The devisee, his testator; the executor, his testator; the administrator, his intestate; the successor in corporations, his predecessor. And generally speaking they are entitled to … [Read more...] about REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS

In Contracts. A statement made by one of two contracting parties to the other, before or at the time of making the contract, in regard to some fact circumstance, or state of facts pertinent to the contract, which is influential In bringing about the agreement. In insurance. A collateral statement, either by writing not inserted in the policy or by parol, of such facts or … [Read more...] about REPRESENTATION

To exhibit; to expose before the eyes. To represent a thing is to produce it publicly. Dig. 10, 4, 2, 3. To represent a person is to stand in his place; to supply his place; to act as his substitute. … [Read more...] about REPRESENT