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A verb used when a power of attorney document references a statutory section to grant the agent the full authority described in that section.
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Christopher Collins signs a power of attorney that cites the section on real property transactions. The agent then sells land without further description in the document. A later attempt by Collins to restrict the sale fails because the citation incorporates the entire statutory authority.
Christian Coleman is arrested and taken to the station. Officers begin asking questions without first informing him of his rights. Coleman later moves to exclude his statements because the officers failed to provide the required warnings before interrogation.
Corinne Cho is charged under a city ordinance that bans only certain symbols associated with one viewpoint. She challenges the ordinance on the ground that it singles out disfavored messages while leaving other fighting words untouched.
Cade Carpenter and his partner are arrested in their home under a statute criminalizing private intimate conduct between same-sex adults. They argue that the law lacks any legitimate state interest beyond moral disapproval.
Cynthia Cortez's religious group plans to perform a traditional animal sacrifice. The city enacts rules that prohibit the practice while allowing other animal killings for nonreligious reasons. The group sues claiming the rules target their faith.
Clifford Cox pleads guilty after his lawyer fails to warn him that the conviction will trigger automatic deportation. He later seeks to withdraw the plea on the ground that counsel provided no information about the immigration consequences.
The citation incorporates the entire section into the document as if the text were written out in full. The agent receives all authority described in the referenced section unless the principal expressly modifies it.
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Yes. The principal may modify the authority that is incorporated by reference through an express statement in the power of attorney.
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The agent still receives the authority described in the corresponding statutory section when the document refers to general authority with respect to that descriptive term.
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…be linchpins of the confession rules announced today. To support its requirement of a knowing and intelligent waiver, the Court cites Johnson v. Zerbst , 304 U. S. 458, ante , p. 475; appointment of counsel for the indigent suspect is tied to Gideon v. Wainwright , 372 U. S. 335, and Douglas v. California , 372 U. S.…