Agency
Special agent
An agent authorized for one specific transaction
The usual position of a listing broker: authorized to find a buyer on stated terms, and not authorized to sign a contract on the seller’s behalf or to accept an offer for them.
How the exam asks about it
The limit on authority is the point. A special agent who signs something for the principal has exceeded it.
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