Editing Power of attorney (section)

===Equal dignity rule===
The '''equal dignity rule''' is a principle of law that requires an authorization for someone performing certain acts for another person to have been appointed with the same formality as required for the act the representative is going to perform. This means, for example, that if a principal authorizes someone to sell the principal's house or other real property, and the law requires a contract for the sale of real property to be in writing (which is required under the [[Statute of frauds|Statute of Frauds]] in most U.S. jurisdictions), then the authorization for the other person to sign the sales contract and deed must be in writing too. Likewise, in common-law jurisdictions other than the U.S., a power of an attorney to execute a [[deed]] (i.e. instrument under seal or executed in presence of two witnesses) must be itself executed as a deed.