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61ostensible authority — Apparent authority, for example, such authority as an insurance company permits its agent to exercise, or which it holds him out to the public as possessing. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 146. Such authority as a principal, either intentionally or by want …
62ostensible partner — One made known to the world as a member of a partnership and who in reality is a partner. Dins v Lonsdale, 49 Ind 521, 529. One who, although not a partner by contract or agreement with the other member or members of the firm, is charged with… …
63ostensible partner — noun : one who holds himself out as a member of an actual partnership or one apparently existing or consenting to the partners or apparent partners representing him as such though as between themselves he is no partner : a partner by estoppel and …
64ostensive — ostensible, ostensive Ostensible means ‘apparent but not necessarily real’ or ‘professed’: • Despite their ostensible commitment to revolution, they played an ambivalent and ultimately counter revolutionary role E. Acton, 1992. It is often used… …
65pretext — Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; false appearance, pretense. See false pretenses. In international law, a reason alleged as justificatory, but which is so only in appearance, or… …
66ostensibly — ostensible ► ADJECTIVE ▪ apparently true, but not necessarily so. DERIVATIVES ostensibly adverb. ORIGIN Latin ostensibilis, from ostendere stretch out to view …
67ostensiblement — [ ɔstɑ̃sibləmɑ̃ ] adv. • 1789; h. 1361; de ostensible ♦ D une manière ostensible. ⇒ ouvertement (cf. Au vu et au su de tout le monde). « elle avait même bâillé une ou deux fois assez ostensiblement » (Gautier). ⊗ CONTR. Discrètement,… …
68Apparent authority — (also called ostensible authority ) relates to the doctrines of the law of agency. It is relevant particularly in corporate law and constitutional law. Apparent authority refers to a situation where a reasonable person would understand that an… …
69Pretext — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned. < N PARAG:Pretext >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pretext pretext pretense pretension plea| Sgm: N 1 allegation allegation advocation Sgm: N 1 ostensible motive ostensible motive… …
70declarado — declarado, da adjetivo manifiesto, ostensible. Declarado se aplica a todo hecho o actitud que se ha expresado de manera pública: es una declarada defensora de los animales. Manifiesto se aplica a los hechos que resultan evidentes, sin necesidad… …
