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If the principle of private autonomy were uncompromisingly applied to the law of agency, only an actually authorized agent could create legal rights and obligations for his principal. The will of the principal would then precisely define the boundaries of the agent’s competence; however, a third party cannot always make a reliable determination of whether the agent has acted within the scope of this authority. Rather, he must often rely upon the principal’s manifestation of the agent’s authority, which may go beyond the more restricted authority actually communicated by the principal to the agent. Often he must rely upon the ...(100 of 6176 words)