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 — Part Pakt XI.

The Relation of Agency.

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DUEATION AND TERMINATION OF AGENCY

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Notice of Termination,

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In General Irrevocable Authority Termination by Act of Parties Termination by Operation oe Law

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See For Agency between Bailor and Bailee Banker and Customer Barrister and Client Master and Servant Parent and Infant Partner and Firm -

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Bailment.

Bankers and Banking. Barristers.

Master and Servant. Infants.

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Stockbroker

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Auctioneers

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Shipmaster Owner

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when necessary

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TION. Solicitors.

Stock Exchange.

Husband and Wife. Auction and Auctioneers.

Bankruptcy and

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vency. Sale of Goods.

and Sold Notes Gaming and Wagering Contracts Insurance Agents and Brokers

Brokers' Bought

Gaming and Wagering. Insurance.

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Instruments, Rights and Liabilities of Principal and Agent on Public Agents

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Valuers and Appraisers

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Bills of Exchange etc. Constitutional Law Authorities Public AND Public Officers.

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Relation of Agency.

327. The relation of agency arises whenever one person, called Definition "the agent," has authority, express or implied, to act on behalf of another, called " the principal " (a), and consents so to act. An agent is to be distinguished on the one hand from a servant. Agent disand on the other from an independent contractor. A servant acts JJ,o^^gg^vant under the direct control and supervision of his master, and is and indepenbound to conform to all reasonable orders given him in the course dent conof his work (6) an independent contractor, on the other hand, is ^^"actor. entirely independent of any control or interference, and merely

(a)

Wolff

V.

Horncastle (1798),

2 P. C. 193, 201.

prmcipal.

Authority

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Bos. & P. 316; The Halley (1868), L. E. be implied from the subsequent assent of the

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See pp. 173 et seq., post. v. Arnott (1817), 2 Stark. 256 ; Barnett v. South London Tramways Co. (1887), 18 Q. B. D. 815; Owen & Co. v. Cronk, [1895] 1 Q. B. 265; Yeiuens V. Noakes (1880), 6 Q. B. D. 530. See title Master and Servant. (b)

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