power of attorney Meaning of "power of attorney"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent

Usage(s):

  1. Hotmail lets relatives order a CD of all the messages in a deceased user's account if they provide a death certificate and proof of power of attorney.
  2. He was very reluctant to sign an enduring power of attorney to empower me, or my brother, to make decisions about his care and my mom's if he were incapacitated.
  3. Despite my consistent efforts to at least have a durable power of attorney and some idea of health and property issues, my mother would not consider even discussing it.
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