Part 2888

<hw>De*lec"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., selection, from <ets>deligere</ets>, <ets>delectum</ets>, to select.]</ety> <def>A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

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<hw>Del`e*ga*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Delegate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>By way of <b>delegacy</b> or grand commission. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

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<hw>Del"e*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delegatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>delegare</ets> to send, delegate; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>legare</ets> to send with a commission, to depute. See <er>Legate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; <as>as, a <ex>delegate</ex> to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution</as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Court of delegates</col>, <cd>formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Del"e*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delegatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Sent to act for a represent another; deputed; <as>as, a <ex>delegate</ex> judge</as>.</def> "<i>Delegate</i> power."

<i>Strype.</i>

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<hw>Del"e*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Delegated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Delegating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>delegated</b> administration of the law. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Delegated</b> executive power. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, <b>delegated</b> by the people to the legislative. <i>J. B. Finch.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Delegation</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del`e*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delegatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82l\'82gation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; <as>as, the <ex>delegation</ex> from Massachusetts</as>; a deputation.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Rom. Law)</fld> <def>A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.</def>