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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2334

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2334

A principal is bound by acts of his agent, under a merely ostensible authority, to those persons only who have in good faith, and without want of ordinary care, incurred a liability or parted with value, upon the faith thereof.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2335

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2335

If exclusive credit is given to an agent by the person dealing with him, his principal is exonerated by payment or other satisfaction made by him to his agent in good faith, before receiving notice of the creditor’s election to hold him responsible.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2336

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2336

One who deals with an agent without knowing or having reason to believe that the agent acts as such in the transaction, may set off against any claim of the principal arising out of the same, all claims which he might have set off against the agent before notice of the agency.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2337

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2337

An instrument within the scope of his authority by which an agent intends to bind his principal, does bind him if such intent is plainly inferable from the instrument itself.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2338

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2338

Unless required by or under the authority of law to employ that particular agent, a principal is responsible to third persons for the negligence of his agent in the transaction of the business of the agency, including wrongful acts committed by such agent in and as a part of the

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2339

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2339

A principal is responsible for no other wrongs committed by his agent than those mentioned in the last section, unless he has authorized or ratified them, even though they are committed while the agent is engaged in his service.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2342

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2342

One who assumes to act as an agent thereby warrants, to all who deal with him in that capacity, that he has the authority which he assumes.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2343

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2343

One who assumes to act as an agent is responsible to third persons as a principal for his acts in the course of his agency, in any of the following cases, and in no others: 1. When, with his consent, credit is given to him personally in a transaction; 2. When he enters into a wri

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2344

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2344

If an agent receives anything for the benefit of his principal, to the possession of which another person is entitled, he must, on demand, surrender it to such person, or so much of it as he has under his control at the time of demand, on being indemnified for any advance which h

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2345

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2345

The provisions of this Article are subject to the provisions of Part I, Division First, of this Code.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2349

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2349

An agent, unless specially forbidden by his principal to do so, can delegate his powers to another person in any of the following cases, and in no others: 1. When the act to be done is purely mechanical; 2. When it is such as the agent cannot himself, and the sub-agent can lawful

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2350

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2350

If an agent employs a sub-agent without authority, the former is a principal and the latter his agent, and the principal of the former has no connection with the latter.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2351

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2351

A sub-agent, lawfully appointed, represents the principal in like manner with the original agent; and the original agent is not responsible to third persons for the acts of the sub-agent.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2355

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2355

An agency is terminated, as to every person having notice thereof, by any of the following: (a) The expiration of its term. (b) The extinction of its subject. (c) The death of the agent. (d) The agent’s renunciation of the agency. (e) The incapacity of the agent to act as such.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2356

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2356

(a) Unless the power of an agent is coupled with an interest in the subject of the agency, it is terminated by any of the following: (1) Its revocation by the principal. (2) The death of the principal. (3) The incapacity of the principal to contract. (b) Notwithstanding subdivisi

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2357

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2357

For the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 2356, in the case of a principal who is an absentee as defined in Section 1403 of the Probate Code, a person shall be deemed to be without actual knowledge of: (a) The principal’s death or incapacity while the absentee continues in m

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2362

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2362

An auctioneer, in the absence of special authorization or usage to the contrary, has authority from the seller, only as follows: 1. To sell by public auction to the highest bidder; 2. To sell for cash only, except such articles as are usually sold on credit at auction; 3. To warr

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2363

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2363

An auctioneer has authority from a bidder at the auction, as well as from the seller, to bind both by a memorandum of the contract, as prescribed in the Title on Sale.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2367

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2367

A factor is an agent, as defined by Section 2026.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2368

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2368

In addition to the authority of agents in general, a factor has actual authority from his principal, unless specially restricted: 1. To insure property consigned to him uninsured; 2. To sell, on credit, anything intrusted to him for sale, except such things as it is contrary to u

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2369

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2369

A factor has ostensible authority to deal with the property of his principal as his own, in transactions with persons not having notice of the actual ownership.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2400

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2400

Powers of attorney are governed by the Power of Attorney Law (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Probate Code) to the extent provided in that law.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2500

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2500

As used in this title: (a) “Royalty recipient” means a party to a contract for the furnishing of services in the production of sound recordings, as defined in Section 101 of Title 17 of the United States Code, who has the right to receive royalties under that contract. (b) A “roy

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2501

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2501

Notwithstanding any provision of a contract described in Section 2500: (a) A royalty recipient may audit the books and records of the royalty reporting party to determine if the royalty recipient earned all of the royalties due the royalty recipient pursuant to the contract, subj

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2505

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 2505

(a) For purposes of this title: (1) “Assistive technology device” has the same meaning as in Section 7002 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations. (2) “Shared mobility device” means an electrically motorized board as defined in Section 313.5 of the Vehicle Code, motorize