St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Oxford, Mississippi) the northwest corner is topped by an octagonal spire added in 1893. It was added to the National Register in 1975. St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Oxford, Mississippi) St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi. It is noted for its historic Gothic Revival church building at 113 S. 9th Street, which once served as the pro-cathedral for what is now the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. The Episcopal history of the area predates the incorporation of Oxford, with services held periodically throughout the 1840s. In 1848 James Hervey Otey, then provisional Bishop of Mississippi, encouraged
Apparent authority Apparent authority In the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa, apparent authority (also called "ostensible authority") relates to the doctrines of the law of agency. It is relevant particularly in corporate law and constitutional law. Apparent authority refers to a situation where a reasonable third party would understand that an agent had authority to act. This means a principal is bound by the agent's actions, even if the agent had no "actual" authority, whether express or implied. It raises an estoppel because the third party is given an assurance, which he relies on and would be inequitable