An attorney-in-fact is someone who has been appointed by someone, usually by a power-of-attorney, to act in their stead and sign legal documents for them. Sometimes the power-of-attorney may be a limited one in which only a certain act or type of act can be performed.
This differs from an attorney-at-law. An attorney-at-law is a practicing attorney authorized to represent a person in legal matters.
An attorney-in-fact is often someone trusted by the person appointing them and is not necessarily a practicing attorney.
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