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But tarry a while. Firstly, your [[investment manager]] will sign as [[agent]], for the [[client]], not on its own behalf. For many this will be an article of profound faith: they will be at some pains, which they will willingly inflict on you, to avoid the barest hint they are speaking for themselves. “When an [[agent]], ''as'' [[agent]] opens its mouth,” they will tell you, “it ''becomes'' its [[principal]] for all purposes that interest the law.” | But tarry a while. Firstly, your [[investment manager]] will sign as [[agent]], for the [[client]], not on its own behalf. For many this will be an article of profound faith: they will be at some pains, which they will willingly inflict on you, to avoid the barest hint they are speaking for themselves. “When an [[agent]], ''as'' [[agent]] opens its mouth,” they will tell you, “it ''becomes'' its [[principal]] for all purposes that interest the law.” | ||
And so it does. As far as the [[courts of chancery|Courts of Chancery]] are concerned, to be an [[agent]] is to be wholly | And so it does. As far as the [[courts of chancery|Courts of Chancery]] are concerned, to be an [[agent]] is to be wholly transubstantiated ''into the person of one’s [[principal]]''. ''Transmogrified''. It is, for all forensic intents to disappear; one’s ghostly outline may still be there, but it is a chimera: one exists only to be the earthly representation of another. | ||
Which cast a pall over the representations you are being asked to make. | Which cast a pall over the representations you are being asked to make. | ||