Power of attorney (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Meaning:

A legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("power of attorney" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power of attorney"):

stock power (a power of attorney document to transfer ownership of a registered security from the owner to another party)

proxy (a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting)