Ostensible authority defined

Ostensible authority is such as a principal intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess. Source: CivC 1877, § 1356; CL 1887, § 3979; RCivC 1903, § 1675; RC 1919, § 1257; SDC 1939, § 3.0203. See Cal Civ Code, § 2317.