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Attorney-In-Fact
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attorney-in-fact n
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pl: attorneys-in-fact
: an attorney who may or may not be a lawyer who is given written authority to act on another's behalf esp. by a power of attorney compare attorney-at-law
Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.