Alabama Code 27-6-10. Power of attorney – New power of attorney
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-6-10
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
If less than all of the securities or assets covered by any such power of attorney is returned to the insurer or its trustee or agent, the commissioner may require the insurer to deliver to him, as a condition precedent to the return of such power of attorney, a new power of attorney covering the securities and assets not then being withdrawn. The new power of attorney shall be held and exercised under the same restrictions and upon the same conditions as prescribed in this chapter for the original power of attorney.