power of attorney

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• /ˌpaʊə(r)əv əˈtɜː(r)niː/
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From attorney (“any personal representative”). Attorney now rarely has that sense outside of fixed expressions like this one.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: galloudegadur — authorisation
• Chinese Mandarin: 代理權 /代理权 (dàilǐquán) — authorisation
• Czech: plná moc — authorisation
• Dutch: volmacht — authorisation
• Finnish: valtuutus — authorisation
• French: procuration — authorisation
• German: Vollmacht — authorisation
• Greek: πληρεξούσιο (plirexoúsio) — authorisation
• Hungarian: (ügyvédi/jogi) meghatalmazás/megbízás — authorisation
• Italian: procura — authorisation
• Korean: 대리권 (daerigwon) — authorisation
• Norman: protchulâtion — authorisation
• Persian: وکالت (vekâlat) — authorisation
• Polish: pełnomocnictwo — authorisation
• Polish: upoważnienie — authorisation
• Serbo-Croatian: punomoćje — authorisation
• Spanish: poder — authorisation
• Swedish: fullmakt — authorisation
• Tamil: வக்காலத்து (vakkālattu) — authorisation
• Telugu: వకాలతు (vakālatu) — authorisation
• Ottoman Turkish: وكالت (vekâlet) — authorisation
• Welsh: atwrneiaeth — authorisation
• Armenian: լիազորագիր (liazoragir) — document
• Azerbaijani: etibarnamə — document
• Azerbaijani: vəkalətnamə — document
• Breton: skrid galloudegañ — document
• Chinese Mandarin: 委託書 /委托书 (wěituōshū) — document
• Chinese Mandarin: 授權書 /授权书 (shòuquánshū) — document
• Czech: plná moc — document
• Dutch: volmachtbrief — document
• Finnish: valtakirja — document
• French: procuration — document
• German: Vollmachtsurkunde — document
• Greek: έγγραφο πληρεξουσιότητας (éngrafo plirexousiótitas) — document
• Hindi: वकालतनामा (vakālatnāmā) — document
• Hungarian: (ügyvédi/jogi) meghatalmazás/megbízás/megbízólevél — document
• Indonesian: surat kuasa — document
• Italian: atto di procura — document
• Japanese: 委任状 (ininjō) — document
• Kazakh: сенімхат (senımxat) — document
• Korean: 위임장 (wiimjang) — document
• Middle English: procuracie — document
• Persian: وکالت (vekâlat) — document
• Polish: pełnomocnictwo — document
• Russian: дове́ренность (dovérennostʹ) — document
• Serbo-Croatian: punomoć — document
• Swedish: fullmakt — document
• Ottoman Turkish: وكالت (vekâlet) — document
• Udmurt: оскон (oskon) — document
• Welsh: pŵer atwrnai — document