Sections
6 entriesSection 2295Defines an agent as a person who represents another person, called the principal, in dealings with third persons, and defines that representation…Section 2296Allows any person who has capacity to contract to appoint an agent and allows any person to serve as an agent. The…Section 2297Defines a special agent as an agent appointed for a particular act or transaction and classifies all other agents as general agents.…Section 2298Defines an agency as either actual or ostensible. The provision divides agency into those two forms, so an agency falling within the…Section 2299Defines an actual agency as an agency in which the agent is genuinely employed by the principal. Establishes actual employment by the…Section 2300Defines an ostensible agency as arising when a principal intentionally, or through lack of ordinary care, causes a third person to believe…