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Ostensible Agency

April 21, 2017 by: Content Team

The term “ostensible agency” refers to the relationship that exists between two parties and that leads a person to believe that the first is an agent of the second, or vice versa. For example, ostensible agency would apply to a hospital worker who is employed by an outside contractor. For all intents and purposes, patients may believe that worker to […]

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