单词 | delegated |
释义 | delegatedadj. 1. Of authority, power, a right, etc.: entrusted or conferred by one person or group to another. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] > delegated or entrusted to a deputy committed1585 delegated1590 delegative1601 demandated1640 1590 Remonstrance x. 129 There resteth then vnto bishops of this Realme, none other but subordinate or delegated authoritie, which they haue partly from God, partly from the soueraigne christian Magistrate. 1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. viii. 61 No creature by any delegated power imaginable, could possibly make any one thing, or more things out of nothing. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 209 The Peers have an inherent, the Commons a delegated Right. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Delegated jurisdiction, as contradistinguished from proper jurisdiction, is that which is communicated by a judge to another, who acts in his name, called a depute or deputy. 2015 Africa News (Nexis) 26 May The Office of the Deputy President executes its delegated responsibilities in support of the programme of action led by President Jacob Zuma. 2. Esp. of a person: appointed to act as deputy or representative for another. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] > delegated or entrusted to a deputy > deputed to act for another delegatec1460 delegatory1533 delegated1610 allegate1646 1610 J. Sanford tr. P. Du Moulin Def. Catholicke Faith ii. xxiii. 426 It is permitted to euery man that receiueth any greeuance from his delegated Iudges, to appeale to a Prouinciall, or indeede to a generall Councell. 1779 T. Wycliffe On Govt. 88 Every delegated governor of a state, whose prerogative is only the subordinate power of the state, ought..to be amenable for his conduct to the people. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 93 By having..wrought too long with delegated hands, Not used mine own. 1891 Boston Jrnl. 25 Nov. 3/1 A National Republican Convention of delegated representatives of the Republican party will be held at the city of Minneapolis on..the 7th June, 1892. 2002 Times 15 Oct. 39/5 It had to be a counsel of prudence for the delegated officer to err on the side of caution and refer the application back to the authority for specific reconsideration. 3. Law. Designating a person whose debt is transferred to a third party by his or her creditor, in order to discharge a different debt. Cf. delegate v. 4. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ a1786 W. Wallace Decisions Court Session 1772–4 (1792) xii. 31 The original debtor has interposed between himself and the claim no..delegated person. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 214 If nothing were due by the delegant, the delegated party need not perform that engagement. 1868 Bouvier's Law Dict. U.S.A. (ed. 12) II. 243/2 In a delegation, if the old debtor agree to provide a substitute, he must put his creditor into such a position that the latter can claim full satisfaction from the delegated debtor, or otherwise the original liability remains. 2017 K. Verboven in M. Flohr & A. Wilson Econ. Pompeii xii. 377 Instead of the third party being paid directly in cash, he accepts an acknowledgment of debt from the ‘delegated’ debtor in lieu of payment. Compounds delegated legislation n. Law legislation made under powers conferred by other legislation; cf. primary legislation n. (a) at primary adj. and n. Compounds.Also called secondary legislation (see secondary legislation n. at secondary adj. and n. Additions), subordinate legislation (see subordinate legislation n. at subordinate adj., n., and adv. Compounds).In quot. 1824 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1824 E. Parsons Hist. St. Bartholomew Day ii. i. 34 As his omnipotence is sufficient for the security and protection of his church,..so the laws which he has enacted..are sufficient for its government without any subordinate or delegated legislation. 1883 W. E. Hearn Theory Legal Duties & Rights iii. 49 Delegated legislation is..simply the legislation of the superior Legislature through its authorized agent. 1971 S. A. de Smith Constit. & Admin. Law xv. 342 Provisional orders..do not have legal effect till confirmed by Act of Parliament and are therefore not a form of delegated legislation at all. 2014 C. Harlow & R. Rawlings Process & Procedure EU Admin. iv. 117 The standard justification for delegated legislation is speed, efficiency and expertise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。