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Real Estate vocabulary · Contracts, Deeds & Title

Power of attorney

Meaning in real estate, with examples

nounCommon term

In real estate, power of attorney means: A legal document that gives someone the authority to act for another person, for example to sign property documents when the owner cannot be present.

In Turkish: vekaletname, vekalet

How it is used

Common in international sales, when buyers or sellers live abroad and a lawyer or relative signs for them. People grant or hold power of attorney. For use in another country, the document usually has to be notarised, and sometimes apostilled and translated.

Example sentences

  1. The seller lives in London, so her brother will sign at the land registry with a power of attorney.

  2. The power of attorney names the property and allows the lawyer to complete the sale.

Common collocations

  • grant power of attorney
  • sign by power of attorney
  • notarised power of attorney
  • hold power of attorney
  • deedA signed legal document that transfers ownership of a property from one person to another or proves who owns it.
  • land registryThe government office or database that records who owns land and buildings, together with any mortgages or rights attached to them.
  • closingThe final stage of a property sale, when the remaining money is paid, the documents are signed and ownership passes from the seller to the buyer.
  • titleThe legal right to own a property, together with the records that show who the owner is and whether anyone else has a claim on it.

This word in other fields

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