ATTORNEY IN FACT
\ɐtˈɜːni ɪn fˈakt], \ɐtˈɜːni ɪn fˈakt], \ɐ_t_ˈɜː_n_i_ ɪ_n f_ˈa_k_t]\
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A private attorney authorized by another to act in his place and stead, either for some particular purpose, as to do a particular act, or for the transaction of business in general, not of a legal character. This authority is conferred by an instrument in writing, called a “letter of attorney,†or more commonly a “power of attorney.†Treat v. Tolman, 113 Fed. 893, 51 C. C. A. 522; Hall v. Sawyer, 47 Barb. (N. Y.) 119; White v. Ferguson, 29 Ind. App. 144, 64 N. E. 49.
By Henry Campbell Black
