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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3002
Agency - Express, Implied, and Apparent Authority
An agent’s express authority is what the principal tells the agent or shows the agent about
what [his/her] work is and/or how to do [his/her] work.
An agent’s implied authority is what is necessary or usual to do in order for the agent to
carry out [his/her] work for the principal.
An agent’s apparent authority is what a reasonable person would believe that an agent has
in order to carry out [his/her] work for the principal.
If a person reasonably believes that an agent has authority to act on behalf of [his/her]
principal and is harmed or injured as a result of the agent’s conduct while working for the
principal, then the principal will be legally responsible for the person’s harm or injury.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3002 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
a02b59de04a0017c404a35a045b347d2956108b3655bfa50c72ce8cc344cc1fe
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