英语释义

1. the office or function of an agent (see agent sense 4)

2. the relationship between a principal and that person's agent

3. the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power operation

4. a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved instrumentality
communicated through the agency of the ambassador

5. an establishment engaged in doing business for another
an advertising agency

6. an administrative division (as of a government)
the agency for consumer protection

7. a business that provides a particular service

8. a government department that is responsible for a particular activity, area, etc.

9. a person or thing through which power is used or something is achieved
Through the agency of his former school, he reunited with some old friends.

10. a business that provides a particular service
an advertising agency

11. a part of a government that is responsible for providing a particular service or performing a specific function
law enforcement agencies

12. the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved
death by criminal agency
— W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr.

13. a consensual fiduciary relationship in which one party acts on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties also the power of one in such a relationship to act on behalf of another Note: A principal is bound by and liable for acts of his or her agent that are within the scope of the agency. — actual agency the agency that exists when an agent is in fact employed by a principal — see also express agency and implied agency in this entry

14. an agency that is not created as an actual agency by a principal and an agent but that is imposed by law when a principal acts in such a way as to lead a third party to reasonably believe that another is the principal's agent and the third party is injured by relying on and acting in accordance with that belief Note: A principal has a duty to correct a third party's mistaken belief in an agent's authority to act on the principal's behalf. If the principal could have corrected the misunderstanding but failed to do so, he or she is estopped from denying the existence of the agency and is bound by the agent's acts in dealing with the third party.

15. an agency in which the agent has an interest in the property regarding which he or she is acting on the principal's behalf

16. agency by estoppel in this entry

17. an agency common in real estate sales in which the property owner agrees to employ no agents to sell the property other than the one hired for a specified period

18. an actual agency created by the written or spoken words of the principal authorizing the agent to act — compare implied agency in this entry

19. an agency in which the agent is authorized to perform on behalf of the principal in all matters in furtherance of a particular business of the principal — compare special agency in this entry

20. an actual agency created by acts of a principal that reasonably imply an intention to create an agency relationship — compare express agency in this entry

21. an agency in which the agent is authorized to perform only specified acts or to act only in a specified transaction — compare general agency in this entry

22. general agency in this entry

23. the office and function of an agent
even when granted discretion in carrying out his agency
— R. C. Clark

24. the law concerned with the relationship of a principal and an agent

25. an establishment engaged in doing the business of another: as

26. an establishment authorized by an insurance company to sell insurance policies and provide services offered by the insurer

27. an establishment authorized by property owners to find a buyer for their property Note: Many businesses that use the term agency are not truly agencies as defined in sense 2.

28. a department or other unit of government created by legislation to administer the law in a particular area of public concern — called also administrative agency — see also enabling statute, exhaustion of remedies, Administrative Procedure Act Note: When a legislature determines that government involvement is needed in a particular social activity or problem, it may write legislation creating an agency either directly or by authorizing the executive to set it up. Agencies exist at the federal, state, and local levels. Most federal agencies are attached to the executive branch of government. Some agencies (such as the Environmental Protection Agency) are called an agency. An agency may, however, be called such other names as board (as the National Labor Relations Board), commission (as the Securities and Exchange Commission), administration (as the Social Security Administration), and service (as the Internal Revenue Service). Agencies at the federal level are governed by the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, which is found at title 5 of the U.S. Code. — independent agency an agency that is not part of any of the three branches of government

29. an agency that is authorized by the legislature to establish and enforce rules regulating its particular area of concern —often used interchangeably with agency or administrative agency

英汉例句

• Finally, the author presents the relevant Suggestions to apply to the system of agency by estoppel properly.

  最后，本文还对如何具体适用表见代理制度提出了相关的建议。

• The regulations on agency by estoppel in our country are limited, which lead to the confusion of law application in the cases of agency by estoppel.

  我国法律有关表见代理的规定十分有限，直接导致了表见代理案件在法律适用上的混乱。

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