Definition of "power of attorney" []

• A legal instrument authorizing one to act as another's attorney or agent. (noun)

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• "Darin [sic] and Danene [sic] are to have power of attorney over everything I own."
• "Tobias Tollright looked me up and down, inspected the power of attorney and Ivan's letter and telephoned my mother."
• "The power of attorney was yet again carefully inspected, a certified copy accepted and ready to be filed away, and a copy of Ivan's letter taken, as had been done also at Tollright's firm, and the bank."