The Italian Legal System Has Created an Agency Relationship That

The Italian legal system has created an agency relationship that gives that agent unique powers. The principal and agent enter into a contract under which the agent agrees to the principal's stipulations. This contract, however, also requires that the agent maintain the principal's property. Under Italian law, the agent then becomes ________.

A) the legal owner of the property and can transfer or contract it without the principal's consent.
B) conservator of the property and must make sure it is returned within 60 days.
C) an independent contractor and the property becomes his or hers.
D) responsible in tort if anything happens on the property or to the property.
E) responsible for the taxes owed to the government on any property that is his or her possession.