California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 9 — Agency, Chapter 1 — Agency in General, Article 2 — Authority of Agents, Section 2315
An agent has such authority as the principal, actually or ostensibly, confers upon him.
Notes
Defines an agent’s authority by what the principal actually or ostensibly confers on the agent. The agent therefore has the authority the principal grants in fact and the authority the principal appears to confer, with both actual and ostensible conferral determining the scope of authority under the provision.
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