Agent

Definition - Noun
1  : someone or something that acts or exerts power
: a moving force in achieving some result
2  : a person guided or instigated by another in some action <where the heads of departments are the political...~s of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president ­Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)>
see also innocent agent
3 a  : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties
see also agency fiduciary relationship subagent
compare fiduciary principal servant



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choate lien

a lien that requires no further action to be made enforceable and that identifies the lienor, the property subject to the lien, and the amount of the lien


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