Assertion: authority's word | /r/CapableOf | lead reasonable person
Facets:
value: in the third party's position
type: LOCATION
value: to believe
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Apparent authority (also called "ostensible authority") exists where the principal's words or conduct would lead a reasonable person in the third party's position to believe that the agent was authorized to act, even if the principal and the purported agent had never discussed such a relationship.