persona designatan.
/pəˌsəʊnə dɛzɪɡˈnɑːtə/, U.S. /pərˌsoʊnə ˌdɛzɪɡˈnɑdə/ Law.
A specified person; spec. a person individually specified in a legal document or action, as opposed to one included in a category or class consisting of several persons.
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1849 Law Jrnl. Rep., Queen's Bench Div. 194 The 52nd section of 8 & 9 Vict. c.18 is merely a designatio personæ.]
1860 Times 10 July 11/2 It was contended that Elizabeth Worley could not take as a persona designata unless it were clearly shown that the testator..was aware..that Elizabeth Worley was his illegitimate daughter.
1875 Law Rep.: Chancery Appeal Cases 10 359 The legatees in this case, although described as a class, are in fact personæ designatæ as much as if they were mentioned by name.
1955 Times 4 May 4/3 It was against him as the person designated to carry out certain functions prescribed by Act of Parliament of laying before each House of Parliament a draft scheme, and that was done as a persona designata.
1973 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 19 June 4889/1 There have been examples of an appeal court challenging the actions of an appellate court judge when he was acting persona designata.
2002 Austral. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 573 The persona designata exception may be traditional, but to me it seems perverse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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