EXCLUSIVE AGENCY
Grant to an agent of exclusive right to sell within
a particular market or area. A contract to give an
exclusive agency to deal with property is ordinar-
ily interpreted as not precluding competition by
the principal generally, but only as precluding him
or her from appointing another agent to accom-
plish the result. The grant of an exclusive agency
to sell, that is, the exclusive right to sell the prod-
ucts of a wholesaler in a specified territory, ordi-
narily is interpreted as precluding competition in
