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Webster 1913 Edition
Delegation
Delˊe-ga′tion
,Noun.
[L.
delegatio
: cf. F. délégation
.] 1.
The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
2.
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, the
; a deputation. delegation
from Massachusetts3.
(Rom. Law)
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.
Pothier.
Webster 1828 Edition
Delegation
DELEGATION
, n.1.
A sending away; the act of putting in commission, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate.The duties of religion cannot be performed by delegation.
2.
Th persons deputed to act for another, or for others. Thus, the representatives of Massachusetts in Congress are called the delegation, or whole delegation.3.
In the civil law, the assignment of a debt to another, as when a debtor appoints his debtor to answer to the creditor in his place.Definition 2024
Delegation
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See also: Delegation and délégation
English
Noun
delegation (plural delegations)
- An act of delegating.
- A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
- (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
- (law) A contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead, with the creditor’s permission.
Hyponyms
computing: Hyponyms for "delegation"
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Translations
act of delegating
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a group of delegates
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(computing) a method dispatching technique
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(law) a contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead
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See also
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Etymology
Noun
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Declension
| Inflection of delegation | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | delegation | delegationen | delegationer | delegationerna |
| Genitive | delegations | delegationens | delegationers | delegationernas |