1. A commercial agent, em-ployed by a principal to sell merchandise consigned to him for that purpose, for and in behalf of the principal, but usually in his own name, being intrusted with the posses* sion and control of the goods, and being remunerated by a commission, commonly called “factorage.” Howland v. woodruff, 60 N. Y. 80; In re Rabenau (D. C.) 118 Fed. 474; Lawrence v. Stonington Bank, 6 Conn. 527; Graham v. Duckwall, 8 Bush (Ky.) 17
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
