- principal officer or agent
- An agent of a foreign corporation upon whom service of process may be made in an action against the corporation; a chief officer or agent. 36 Am J2d For Corp § 556.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
principal officer or agent
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