Business Law Ch 25, 26, 27, 28.

General Agent

Agent authorized to carry out a particular kind of business or all business at a place

Special Agent

Agent authorized to transact specific act or acts

Broker

Agent with job of bringing two contracting parties together

implied authority

Agent's authority to do things in order to carry out express authority

Factor or Commission merchant

Bailee seeking to sell property on commission

Factor del credere

Factor who sells on credit and guarantees price will be paid

Agent

Person appointed to contract on behalf of another

Principal

Person who appoints another to contract with third parties

agency by estoppel

agency arising when one person leads another to believe third party is agent

Agency coupled with an interest

agency in which agent has financial stake in performance of agency

hostile work environment

alteration of terms or conditions of employment by harassment

durable power of attorney

appointment of agency that survives incapacity of principal

ratification

approval off unauthorized act

secondary boycott

attempt by employees to stop third party from dealing with employer

apparent authority

authority an agent is believed to have because of principal's behavior

customary authority

authority in agent possesses by custom

express authority

authority of agent stated in agreement creating agency

agency

contract under which one party is authorized to contract for another

collective bargaining

process by which employer and union negotiate and agree on terms of employment

dissolution

termination of corporation's operation except activities needed for liquidation

respondeat superior

theory imposing liability on employers for torts of employees

power of attorney

written instrument appointing an agent

fellow servant

employee with same status and working with another worker

shop right

employer's right to use employee's invention without royalty payment

Employment at will

employment terminable by employer or employee for any reason

disparate impact

fair policy disproportionately affecting protected class

attorney in fact

general agent appointed by authorization

protected class

group protected by antidiscrimination laws

disparate treatment

intentional discrimination against a particular individual

independent contractor

one who contracts to do jobs and is controlled only by contract as to how performed