Principal
The source of authority, think of a chain of authority that goes from one person to another, with a source. This is also why you’d hear politicians call their electors “constituents”, because these electors delegated their authority to them. A true constituent is one who has the authority, and grants it to another to act […]
Agency
Agency is the technical term for the “chain of authority”, that makes government possible. Any breaks in this authority and the agent is acting unlawfully. Includes every relation in which one person acts for or represents another by latter's authority, Saums v. Parfet, 270 Mich. 165, 258 N.W. 235, where one person acts for another, […]
Agent
An agent acts in the place of another, using delegated authority. This implies that all power held by an agent must be granted. One who acts for or in place of another by authority from him; a substitute, a deputy, appointed by principal with power to do the things which principal may do. Stephenson v. […]