power of attorney

Etymology
From. Attorney now rarely has that sense outside of fixed expressions like this one.

Noun

 * 1)  The legal authorisation of one person to act as the agent of another.
 * He confirmed that he had power of attorney.
 * 1)  A legal document allowing one person to act as the agent of another.
 * Here you can apply for a power of attorney.

Usage notes

 * A power of attorney is a document, not a person. Thus, if X signs a power of attorney in favour of Y, Y might properly say:
 * I am X's attorney or
 * I hold power of attorney for X, but not
 * I am power of attorney for X.
 * However, this inaccurate use is widespread, even in business and commercial usage.

Translations

 * Breton: galloudegadur
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: (ügyvédi/jogi) meghatalmazás/megbízás
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 대리권(代理權)
 * Norman: protchulâtion
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: punomoćje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వకాలతు
 * Welsh: atwrneiaeth


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: etibarnamə, vəkalətnamə
 * Breton: skrid galloudegañ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 授權書
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: volmachtbrief
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Vollmachtsurkunde
 * Greek: έγγραφο πληρεξουσιότητας
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: (ügyvédi/jogi) meghatalmazás/megbízás/megbízólevél
 * Indonesian: surat kuasa
 * Italian: atto di procura
 * Japanese: 委任状
 * Korean:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: punomoć
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: pŵer atwrnai


 * Irish:
 * Norman: ,