Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SPECIAL AGENT
  
  One authorized by a principal to perform a particular act or transaction without contemplation of continuity of service as with a general agent. The real estate broker is ordinarily a special agent appointed by the seller to find a ready, willing and able buyer for a particular property. An attorney-in-fact under a limited power of attorney is a special agent. (See agency, agent, general agent)
  
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