The phrase "agent authority to" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of granting an agent the authority to act on behalf of someone else, but it is incomplete and needs additional context.
Example: "The principal grants the agent authority to negotiate on their behalf."
Alternatives: "agent permission to" or "agent power to".
Those restrictions were relaxed significantly last year, when Attorney General John Ashcroft issued guidelines giving agents authority to attend political rallies, mosques and any event "open to the public".
In addition, Congress renewed Patriot Act provisions on enhanced surveillance powers until 2015, and the F.B.I. expanded agents' authority to comb databases, follow people and rummage through their trash even if they are not suspected of a crime.
Mr. Drucker said the warrant gave the agents authority to search for possible violations of eight sections of the federal criminal code, including those dealing with money laundering and public corruption.
In practice, the memorandum gives immigration agents authority to postpone or cancel, on a case by case basis, deportations of illegal immigrant students who might have been eligible for legal status under a bill stalled in Congress that is known as the Dream Act.
United Airlines recently nodded in this direction by giving gate agents authority to offer up to $10,000 for passengers to give up their seat on an oversold flight a 10× jump from previous practice.
Orders of removal give Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents authority to detain immigrants but not to enter their homes without permission.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Border Patrol has restricted border agents' authority to shoot at moving vehicles or at people throwing rocks, changing a controversial policy that has contributed to at least 19 deaths since 2010.
Various forms of agency, regulated by law, exist: universal, where an agent is appointed to handle all the affairs of his principal; general, where an agent has authority to represent his principal in all business of a certain kind; and special, where an agent is appointed for a particular purpose and given only limited powers.
He recommends that you indicate whether the agent may take money out of the trust, and that you give the agent the authority to transfer assets into it if you become incompetent.
