Found 3 items, similar to Delegation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: delegation
delegasi, deputasi, perdutaan, perutusan, perwakilan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: delegation
delegation
n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn:
deputation,
commission,
delegacy,
mission]
2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn:
delegating,
relegating,
relegation,
deputation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Delegation
Delegation
\Del`e*ga"tion\, n. [L. delegatio: cf. F.
d['e]l['e]gation.]
1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act
for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
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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 delegation
from Massachusetts; a deputation.
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3. (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.
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