Agent

āj′ent, n. a person or thing that acts or exerts power: any natural force acting on matter: one authorised or delegated to transact busine for another.— n. Ag′ency , the office or busine , operation or action, of an agent; instrumentality.— Law agent , a general term in Scotland, including Writers to the Signet, Solicitors to the Supreme Court, and Procurators in the sheriff courts—the requirements are an indentured apprenticeship of five years to a law agent, the pa ing of examinations in general knowledge and in law, and formal admi ion by the Court of Se ion. [L. agĕre , to do. See Act .]