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power-of-sale clause. A provision in a mortgage or deed of trust permitting the mortgagee or trustee to sell the property without court authority if the payments are not made. [Cases: Mortgages 21. C.J.S. Mortgages § 4.] [Blacks Law 8th]

power of sale. See POWER(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

power of revocation (rev-<<schwa>>-kay-sh<<schwa>>n). See POWER(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

power of attorney. 1. An instrument granting someone authority to act as agent or attorney-in-fact for the grantor. • An ordinary power of attorney is revocable and automatically terminates upon the death or incapacity of the principal. — Also termed letter of attorney. [Cases: Principal and Agent 51.] 2. The authority so granted; specif., the…

  directory,n.1.  A  book  containing  an  alphabetical  list  of  names,  addresses,  and  telephone numbers,  esp.  those  of  a  city’s  or  area’s  residents  and  businesses.  [Cases:  Telecommunications 269.  C.J.S.  Telegraphs,  Telephones,  Radio,  and  Television  §  120.]  2.  Any  organization’s publication containing information on its members or business, such as a legal directory. 3.Eccles. law. A church’s…

directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.See INSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Director  of  the  United  States  Patent  and  Trademark  Office.The  presidential  appointee  in charge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. • Until a 2000 reorganization, the PTO chief was the  Commissioner  of  Patents  and  Trademarks.  The  Director  is  also  the  Under  Secretary  of Commerce   for   Intellectual   Property.   —   Formerly   termed   Commissioner   of   Patents   and Trademarks. [Blacks…

Director of the Mint.An officer appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to control and  manage the  U.S. Mint and its branches. [Cases: United States    34. C.J.S. United States §§ 162–163.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Director of Public Prosecutions.An officer (usu. a barrister or solicitor of ten years’ standing) who advises the police and prosecutes criminal cases in England and Wales under the supervision of the Attorney General. [Blacks Law 8th]

direct order of alienation.Real estate. The principle that a grantee who assumes the debt on a mortgaged property is required to pay the mortgage debt if the original mortgagor defaults. [Cases: Mortgages    279. C.J.S. Mortgages § 395.] [Blacks Law 8th]