legal representative — n: one who represents or stands in the place of another under authority recognized by law esp. with respect to the other s property or interests: as a: personal representative b: an agent having legal status; esp: one acting under a power of… … Law dictionary
legal representative — The term in its broadest sense, means one who stands in place of, and represents the interests of, another. A person who oversees the legal affairs of another. Examples include the executor or administrator of an estate and a court appointed… … Black's law dictionary
legal representative — The term in its broadest sense, means one who stands in place of, and represents the interests of, another. A person who oversees the legal affairs of another. Examples include the executor or administrator of an estate and a court appointed… … Black's law dictionary
legal representative — noun a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑personal representative * * * noun : a personal representative having legal status: a … Useful english dictionary
representative — rep·re·sen·ta·tive 1 adj 1: serving to represent 2 a: standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority an agent acting in a representative capacity b: of, based on, or constituting a government in which the people are represented… … Law dictionary
legal — le·gal / lē gəl/ adj [Latin legalis, from leg lex law] 1: of or relating to law or the processes of law a legal question take legal action 2 a: deriving authority from or founded on law a legal tariff rate a legal government … Law dictionary
Representative — Rep re*sent a*tive, n. [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. [1913 Webster] A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
representative — A person or thing that represents, or stands for, a number or class of persons or things, or that in some way corresponds to, stands for, replaces, or is equivalent to, another person or thing. Gaffney v. Unit Crane & Shovel Corp., D.C.Pa., 117 F … Black's law dictionary
representative — An agent, an officer of a corporation or association, a trustee, executor, or administrator of an estate, or any other person empowered to act for another. UCC § 1 201(35). A member of the House of Representatives in Congress or a state… … Ballentine's law dictionary
representative — representatively, adv. representativeness, n. /rep ri zen teuh tiv/, n. 1. a person or thing that represents another or others. 2. an agent or deputy: a legal representative. 3. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative … Universalium
