Delegare

I In old English law. To assign; to to delegate; to appoint a substitute.

In the civil law. To substitute another in one's egare est vice sua alium renm dare creditor! delegate is to give to a creditor, or to him points, another person in one's place as a

I. To delegate; assign; appoint; depute. Delegata potestas non potest delegari: a delegated authority cannot be re-delegated'. Delegatus non potest delegare: an agent (delegate) cannot delegate [his authority].

Lat.

In old English law. To assign to another; to transfer a duty or power; to appoint a substitute; to depute or commission; to delegate.* Bract. fol. 108 b.

In the civil law. To substitute another in one's place as a debtor. Delegare est vice sud alium reum dare crediiori vel cut jusserit. To delegate is to give to a creditor, or to him whom the creditor appoints, another person in one's place as a debtor. Dig. 46. 2. 11. See Delegation.