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Offline CV67PAT

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Re: Private Establishment Asking to Leave: Who's Allowed To?
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2013, 11:22:52 PM »
Are the police an "agent" of the owner?
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« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2013, 11:45:41 PM »

Are the police an "agent" of the owner?

No -- they are agents of the state.
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« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2013, 11:54:40 PM »
They the police can't tell a person to leave?
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« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2013, 12:07:05 AM »

They the police can't tell a person to leave?

They can tell a person to leave. They can tell a person to jump off a cliff too.
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Re: Private Establishment Asking to Leave: Who's Allowed To?
« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2013, 01:08:55 PM »
Employees, under the law, are agents of the owner when operating in the course and scope of their employment.  From a judge.

Pretty simple.

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Re: Private Establishment Asking to Leave: Who's Allowed To?
« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2013, 05:45:32 PM »
Employees, under the law, are agents of the owner when operating in the course and scope of their employment.  From a judge.

Pretty simple.

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« Reply #26 on: September 16, 2013, 02:14:14 PM »
A dictionary definition seems appropriate:

a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf: Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise. A best-selling author needs a good agent.

a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.

a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results: Many insects are agents of fertilization.
an active cause; an efficient cause.

a person who works for or manages an agency.

a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency, as a guard, detective, or spy: an FBI agent; the secret agents of a foreign power.

a person responsible for a particular action: Who was the agent of this deed?

Grammar . a form or construction, usually a noun or noun phrase, denoting an animate being that performs or causes the action expressed by the verb, as the police in The car was found by the police.

Indian agent.
a representative of a business firm, especially a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor.
Chemistry . a substance that causes a reaction.
Pharmacology . a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response.
Pathology . any microorganism capable of causing disease.
British . a campaign manager; an election agent.
— adjective

acting; exerting power (opposed to patient).
— verb (used with object)

to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal?
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« Reply #27 on: September 16, 2013, 02:15:22 PM »
Ultimately, it'll possibly come down to a question of fact for the jury: was this person an agent of the owner?

My bet is the answer will be "yes".
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