A Power of Attorney is a legal document that authorizes one person to act on behalf of another in the legal or business dealings of the person authorizing the other. This type of document has a lot of relevance when, for example, somebody needs to execute some business or legal matter but is unable to do so for whatever reason. In the absence of the person, another person may be authorized to execute the matter through use of a Power of Attorney, which in common law systems or in civil law systems, authorizes another person to act on behalf of the person so authorizing the other.
The person authorizing is known as the