Lenore Carvoe
Aes Sedai
Yes, it should, Nyarin! A corporation is a legal person. So, if you personally wanted to rent a cabin in Italy, by signing the legal paperwork renting the cabin, you are binding yourself to the contract. Same thing for a corporation; generally speaking, if our authorized representative signs a contract on our behalf, whether it's in the USA or in Italy or in Nepal, then they are binding the corporation, not themselves personally. One important note here is that this only works if our authorized representative is acting on our behalf. Let's say that I decide I want to rent that cabin in Italy for my own personal enjoyment but I signed TarValon.Net's name anyway. Then let's say I trash the cabin and there's a lot of money owed for repairs. I would ultimately be personally responsible for the damages--even though I signed under the corporation--because I wasn't acting on the corporation's behalf, I was acting for my own personal benefit.[/quote:2xcdvu57]Leora Oldessroth said:[quote="Nyarin al'Batera":2xcdvu57]The logic behind the process was interesting to read.
Does the legal protection offered to authorised people signing things in the Tower's name include those outside of the US? I'm not quite sure how the laws work in regards to the corporation's overseas powers.
I won't be too sure about that. Only if said legal person is recognised as such in a country you want to sign something it will be binding for the legal person, not the real person. If it isn't recognised as such, it isn't.