ostensible agency

ostensible agency
An agency created by a course of conduct, for example, the agency of a wife to make purchases on the credit of the husband, arising from his acquiescence on many occasions in her thus binding him. 26 Am J1st H & W § 237. An agency existing when the principal intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe another to be his agent. Armstrong v Barceloux, 34 Cal App 433, 167 P 895.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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