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представитель государства (Someone employed by the state with the ability to enforce the laws within the jurisdiction of their title. Conservationist, state police, Judge, ECT. | An agent is someone who has a contractual obligation to act on behalf of someone else. Thus, an agent of the state is a person who has been granted authority by the state to carry out the work of the state or a portion of the work of the state and who is obligated by contract to do so. In my state, a teacher is an agent of the state: He or she has been granted the authority to produce an educational plan for a group of students, to make assignments and provide other activities that provide educational opportunities for those students, and to assess and evaluate the students' achievement relative to those opportunities. In exchange, he or she will be paid. There are, of course, many other examples of "agents of the state." Not all state employees are agents, however. | Whether a sheriff is an agent of the county or an agent of the state is determined by the state's constitution, laws, and other ... Alexander Demidov) |
