Letter of attorney
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LETTER OF ATTORNEY, practice. A written instrument under seal, by which one
or more persons, called the constituents, authorize one or more other
persons called the attorneys, to do some lawful act by the latter, for or
instead, and in the place of the former. 1 Moody, Cr. Cas. 52, 70.
2. The authority given in the letter of attorney is either general, as
to transact all the business of the constituent; or special, as to do some
special business, particularly named; as, to collect a debt.
3. It is revocable or irrevocable; the former when no interest is
conveyed to the attorney, or some other person. It is irrevocable when the
constituent conveys a right to the attorney in the matter which is the
subject of it; as, when it is given as part security. 2 Esp. R. 565. Civil
Code of Lo: art. 2954 to 2970.