agent — n 1: someone or something that acts or exerts power: a moving force in achieving some result 2: a person guided or instigated by another in some action where the heads of departments are the political...agent s of the executive, merely to execute … Law dictionary
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Richard Jackson (colonial agent) — Richard Jackson, K.C. (c. 1721 ndash; 6 May, 1787), nicknamed Omniscient Jackson , was a British lawyer and politician. A King s Counsel, he acted as official solicitor or counsel of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, owner of… … Wikipedia
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