Any limit on a partner's capacity to act on the partnership's behalf does not affect a third party who does not know about it.

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This is a general principle of agency law known as the "doctrine of apparent authority." It means that if a third party has no knowledge of any limits on a partner's authority to act on behalf of the partnership, that third party can assume that the partner has full authority and the partnership will be bound by the partner's actions. The partnership will typically be liable for any contracts entered into by the partner within the scope of the partnership's business, even if the partner exceeded their actual authority. However, if a third party does know about any limits on the partner's authority, then the partnership may not be bound by the partner's actions beyond those limits.

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