: a person who tries to get secret information about another country, government, etc.

The three agents of metamorphism are heat, fluids[chemically active] and pressure.

The Four Main Types of Agent

• Artists’ agents. An artist’s agent handles the business side of an artist’s life.
• Sales agents.
• Distributors.
• Licensing agents.

An agent, in legal terminology, is a person who has been legally empowered to act on behalf of another person or an entity. An agent may be employed to represent a client in negotiations and other dealings with third parties. The agent may be given decision-making authority.

An agent is defined as someone or something that makes something happen. A bee taking pollen from flower to flower is an example of the bee being an agent for pollination. An author’s agent; an insurance agent.

According to Section 183, any person who has attained the age of majority and has a sound mind can appoint an agent. In other words, any person capable of contracting can legally appoint an agent. Minors and persons of unsound mind cannot appoint an agent.

The five types of agents include: general agent, special agent, subagent, agency coupled with an interest, and servant (or employee).

Kinds of Agents

• Universal Agent : A Universal agent is one who is authorised to do all the acts which the Principal can lawfully do and can delegate.
• Special Agent:
• General Agent:
• De Credere Agent:
• Pakka Adatia And Kaccha Adatia.
• Broker :
• Factor :
• Commission Agent:

An authorized agent is someone who has the power to act on behalf of another person who claims a copyright or someone that owns an exclusive right to something.

Rights of an agent Right to remuneration– an agent is entitled to get an agreed remuneration as per the contract. Right of lien– an agent has the right to hold back or retain goods or other property of the principal received by him, till the time his dues or other payments are made.

The legal relationship between an employer and an employee is called agency. The employer is called the principal when engaging someone to act for him. An employee is an agent for her employer to the extent that the employee is authorized to act for the employer and is partially entrusted with the employer’s business.

An employee is not an agent unless the principal authorizes him or her to enter into contracts on the principal’s behalf. Principal–agent relationship: An employer hires an employee and authorizes the employee to enter into contracts on the employer’s behalf.

An agent authorized to perform a single transaction on behalf of a client. For example, a real estate agent is usually a special agent. Once the client buys or sells a property, the special agent ceases to have a legal relationship with that client.

As nouns the difference between agent and employee is that agent is one who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor while employee is an individual who provides labor to a company or another person.

An agent who receives no compensation for services. Real estate agents typically work on a payment basis contingent on selling a property. Even though unpaid, the agent still owes full fiduciary or statutory duties to the principal.

What’s the Difference Between an Independent Contractor and an Employee? For the employee, the company withholds income tax, Social Security, and Medicare from wages paid. For the independent contractor, the company does not withhold taxes. Employment and labor laws also do not apply to independent contractors.

Agency by Estoppel: If a principal (NOT THE AGENT) holds out to a third party that another is authorized to act on the principal’s behalf, and the third party deals with the other person accordingly, the principal may not later deny that the other was the principal’s agent for purposes of dealing with that third …

Estoppel is a legal principle that prevents someone from arguing something or asserting a right that contradicts what they previously said or agreed to by law. It is meant to prevent people from being unjustly wronged by the inconsistencies of another person’s words or actions.

An Estoppel Certificate (or Estoppel Letter) is a document often used in due diligence in Real estate and mortgage activities. An estoppel certificate provides confirmation by the tenant of the terms of the rental agreement, such as the amount of rent, the amount of security deposit and the expiration of the agreement.

If the court has established in a criminal trial that someone is guilty of murder, the legal doctrine preventing the murderer from denying his guilt in a civil trial is an example of estoppel. An estoppel created by the failure to speak of a party who had an obligation to do so.

seven kinds

There are two general types of estoppel: equitable and legal.

Estoppel is a judicial doctrine that exists in various common law jurisdictions. Its purpose is to achieve equity in contractual matters by preventing (estopping) a person from going back on their word.

What is this Document? This powerful document is the Tenant Estoppel Certificate (TEC). The TEC is a legally binding document where a tenant represents or promises certain things to be true. These “things” relate to the relationship between the landlord and the terms of the lease.

An estoppel by convention can arise where “the parties to a contract act on an assumed state of facts or law”. Estoppel by convention is to be used as a shield and not as a sword. The estoppel can come to end and will not apply to future dealings, once the common assumption is revealed to be erroneous.

Lastly, promissory estoppel is a shield not a sword. It cannot be used in English law as a cause of action, it can only be used as a defence mechanism to protect someone who may suffer unjust enforcement of strict legal rights.