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delegant|ˈdɛlɪgənt|
[ad. L. dēlēgānt-em, pr. pple. of dēlēgāre to delegate: so mod.F. délégant.]
One who delegates; in Civil Law, one who, to discharge his debt to a creditor, assigns his own debtor to the latter, in his place.
1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 128 The Iurisdiction of the delegant and delegate is one. 1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings iv. 44 Samuel was onely the delegate, God was the principall and delegant. 1818Colebrooke Oblig. & Contracts i. 214 The most frequent case of delegation is that of a debtor of the delegant, who, for his own discharge of a debt due by him, delegates that debtor to his own creditor. |