0 the legal right to act for someone else in their financial or business matters, or the document that gives you this right
1 law a legal document in which you give another person the right to act for you, esp. in financial or legal matters
2 the legal right to make financial or business decisions for someone else, especially because they are old or too ill to deal with things themselves:
3 a legal document that gives someone the right to make financial or business decisions for someone else:
We encourage families to obtain durable power of attorney for health care for their demented relatives and avoid the cost and procedures of guardianship.
Higher-status men sometimes formalized this by awarding power of attorney to their wives.
Policing the guardians : combating guardianship and power of attorney fraud.
There is no durable medical power of attorney.
Often a durable power of attorney contains no specific guidance on how such decisions, in the face of a terminal or serious, irreversible condition, are to be made.
Additionally, in the absence of clearly documented advance directives or a legally appointed durable power of attorney for healthcare, the patient's husband should be the surrogate decisionmaker.
Why should not the notice be given to whoever holds that power of attorney, almost certainly not the agent?
They are away for long periods, and instead of using power of attorney with regard to their securities they prefer to use their bank.
