power of attorney
Authority to represent
Power of attorney is legal authorization for one person to act on another's behalf in financial, medical, or legal matters.
The person granted this authority is called an attorney-in-fact or agent.
A durable power of attorney remains valid if the grantor becomes incapacitated; others expire.
She gave her son power of attorney when she entered the nursing home.
Chief school administrator
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- durableAble to withstand use
- springingJumping or rebounding motion
- notarizationOfficial document verification
revocation · instrument · jurisdiction · capacity · general · limited · special · statutory
One who acts independently
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- representativeOne who acts for another
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- appointeePerson named to position
mandate · authority · consent · stewardship · advocacy · intermediary · third-party · signatory
Appointed estate manager
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- probateWill validation proceedings
- guardianshipLegal care of another
conservatorship · will · inheritance · estate planning · succession · heir · testamentary · settlor
principal
Chief school administrator
notarization · revocation · instrument · jurisdiction · capacity · general · limited · special · statutory · medical
agent
One who acts independently
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- representativeOne who acts for another
- delegateEntrust authority to another
appointee · mandate · authority · consent · stewardship · advocacy · intermediary · third-party · signatory · endorsement
executor
Appointed estate manager
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- probateWill validation proceedings
guardianship · conservatorship · will · inheritance · estate planning · succession · heir · testamentary · settlor · grantor
- medical lawmalpractice, medical liability, informed consent, medical licensing, medical negligence
- patient rightspatient rights, informed consent, patient advocacy, patient advocate, advance directive
- estate paperslast will, testament, codicil, letters testamentary, death certificate
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
power of attorneyguardianship
Legal care of another
conservatorship · court-appointed guardian · involuntary commitment · receivership · curatorship
power of attorneypersonal autonomy
Control over one's choices
self-determination · self-representation · pro se · incompetence
power, powerful, empower, attorney, powers, powerfully, empowered, empowering, powerhouse