Using a power of attorney, the unmarried person (the principal) could appoint his or her significant other (the agent or attorney in fact) to make the decisions.

Leaming, a self-described "recognized international lawyer" and "Attorney in Fact" is based in Spanaway, Washington.

After World War II, he was appointed attorney in fact and prosecutor a number of treasons trials the Norwegian government brought against collaborators during the post-war legal purge.

The best way to do that, Mr. Newman said, is for the letter writer to get a power of attorney from the mother so that he can legally issue checks as her "attorney in fact."

On September 9, 1869, Kuykendall, as the agent and attorney in fact of Frick, assigned the contract of the latter to Ham and Pearce, Ham being the appellee, and Pearce one of the appellants, who had formed a partnership for the purpose of building the courthouse under said contract.