Index.
AGENCY— co7itinued. corporation, part performance by, 155, 156 ratification by, of acts ult7'a vires, 174 corruption of agent, remedies of principal, 216, 217 'Country solicitor, employment of town agent by, 170 jurisdiction of Court over town agent of, 172 creation of, 153, 154 credit, representations as to, by agent, liability of principal for, 214 criminal liability of agent for acceptance of bribe, 191 misappropriation, 193 Qd) principal, 217, 218 third party bribing agent, 217 Crown not liable for tort of public agent, 213 ratification by, 181 custody, implied authority to give into, 165, 166 test of, 165, 166 custom, delegation by, 170 general lien by, 198 implied authority to act in accordance with reasonable, 167, 168 incorporation of, in contract by professional agent, 207 express contract of agency, 182 implied contract of agency, 182 personal liability of agent on contract by reason of, to principal, 184 ~ third person, 220 principal's ignorance of, 168 .
reasonableness
of,
168
agent regulated by, where no express contract, 194 rights and liabilities of principal under agent's contract not excluded by,
remuneration of professional
209 time for termination of agency may be fixed by, 232 to reimburse and indemnify agent, 197 iin reason able, 182, 208 damages, measure of. Sf.e measure of damages, death of agent, termination of agency by, 234 principal, termination of agency by, 233 deed, agent executing in own name, 208, 221 appointment by, 154 156 execution of, by agent, 154, 155 under power of attorney, 168, 169 ratification of, 178
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definition of, 147 del credere agency, 153, 184 delegation, 169 173 acquiescence of principal in, 170
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by custom, 170 directors of companies, 169 trustees, 171 general rule against, 169 meaning of, 169
ministerial acts, in case of, 170 on emergency, 171 i-ight of implied, 170 Delegatus non potest delegare, application of maxim, 169, 170 diligence, duty of agent to use, 185 directors under Companies Acts, delegation by, 169 disclosure, duty of agent as to, 189 discovery, third person's right of, against principal, 227 discretion of agent in absence of directions, 183 case of written authority, 163 dismissal of agent, 191, 230 disposition by agent of goods etc., 203, 204 title-deeds, 205
under Factors Act, 205, 206 distress on goods intrusted to agent, 206 drunkard, competency of, to be principal, 150
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duration, 228 236. See termination, duties of agent to principal as to accounts, 186 bribery, 190 care etc., 185 (
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