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 2317
Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess.
Notes
Defines ostensible authority as authority that a principal, intentionally or through lack of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent possesses. Establishes the third person's belief created or permitted by the principal as the basis for this form of apparent authority under the stated rule.
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