power of attorney

• Eine Urkunde, durch die eine Person (der Vertreter) bevollmächtigt wird, im Namen einer anderen Person (der Vollmachtgeberin oder dem Vollmachtgeber) in rechtlichen, finanziellen oder medizinischen Angelegenheiten zu handeln.

A legal document that grants one person (the agent) the authority to act on behalf of another person (the principal) in legal, financial, or medical matters.

1. Legal authorityC1formal

   A legal document that gives one person the authority to act on behalf of another person in legal or financial matters.

   Vollmacht

   • She signed a power of attorney to allow her son to manage her finances.
   • The lawyer explained the implications of granting a power of attorney.
   • He used his power of attorney to sell the property.