power of attorney

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

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Questions about power of attorney

What does power of attorney mean?

power of attorney means "a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent".

Is power of attorney a common word?

power of attorney is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.