Delegatio
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A substitution of debtors.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I., Delegation. 1. The changing of one debtor for another, by which the first is discharged and the second put in his place; a kind of novation; if the first debtor be not discharged, it is imperfect delegation. 3. The act of transferring, or the transfer, of authority. Deliberandum est diu quod statuenduni est semel, /. That which is to be resolved once for all [enacted] should be long considered.