imputed knowledge

imputed knowledge
An agent's knowledge which is binding upon his principal because of the agency relationship between them. 3 Am J2d Agency § 273; 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1019. Knowledge of a fact or facts charged to a person because the circumstances are such that a person of ordinary common sense would know them. 29 Am J2d Ev § 27. That which it is one's duty to know and concerning which he has the means of knowing. Darling & Co. v Petri, 138 Kan 666, 27 P2d 255.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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