Deputize
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
To appoint a deputy; to appoint or commission one to act as deputy to an officer.
In a general sense, the term is descriptive of empowering one person to act for another in any capacity or relation, but ip law it is almost always restricted to the substitution of a person appointed to act for an officer of the law.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To appoint a deputy; to appoint or commission one to act as deputy to an officer.
In a general sense, the teri is descriptive of empowering one person te act for another in any capacity or relation, butin il is almost always restricled te the substitution of a person appuinted to act for an officer of the law.