法ほう定てい代だい理り人にん

noun

statutory representative; legal representative

A person authorized by law to act on behalf of another, such as a parent for a minor child or a guardian for an incapacitated adult. Used in legal and formal contexts.

• 未み成せい年ねん者しゃの法ほう定てい代だい理り人にんは、通つう常じょう、親しん権けん者しゃです。

  The statutory representative of a minor is usually the person with parental authority.

• 法ほう定てい代だい理り人にんとして契けい約やくに署しょ名めいした。

  I signed the contract as the legal representative.