attorney-in-fact

English

Etymology

From attorney (“any personal representative”) and fact (“act, deed”). Both words now rarely have those senses (outside of fixed expressions like this).

Noun

attorney-in-fact (plural attorneys-in-fact)

1. (US, law) An agent of the person giving him/her the power of attorney (for a specific purpose or for general purposes) to act on his or her behalf. The attorney-in-fact’s power and responsibilities depend on the specific powers granted in the power of attorney document.

Translations

US legal: ad hoc agent

• Dutch: gemachtigde (nl) m
• French: fondé de pouvoir (fr) m
• German: Bevollmächtigter (de) m
• Italian: procuratore (it) m
• Polish: pełnomocnik (pl) m, plenipotent (pl) m
• Portuguese: procurador (pt) m, representante legal m or f
• Spanish: apoderado (es) m, procurador (es) m