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• AGENCY BY ESTOPPEL (OSTENSIBLE AGENCY)
  
  An agency relationship created by the actions, behavior or statements of the Principal and/or the Agent upon which a third party relies. Ostensible Agency may be found by a court where no agency relationship was intended by the Principal.
  
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