representeen.
/ˌrɛprᵻzɛnˈtiː/, U.S. /ˌrɛprəzɛnˈti/ 1. A person who or thing which is represented. rare.
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1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xlv. 309 You honour the Image with the same honour that the Representee is honoured withall.
1832 Amer. Christian Expositor Mar. 421/1 By virtue of their representative identification with these federal heads, all the representees, so soon as they exist, are considered as guilty or righteous, and experience the results.
1999 A. Biletzki in H. Gordon Looking back at June 1967 War xiv. 180 The ‘representor’ (the sign) becomes, in the progression of synonyms, gradually more independent of the ‘representee’ (the signified).
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > representative > of a number of persons in a special capacity
representor1553
representative1635
representanta1641
representee1648
representer1648
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] > a representative assembly > member of
representor1553
deputy1600
representative1635
representee1648
representer1648
representant1831
1648 E. Boughen Mr. Gerees Case of Conscience 43 The Parliament, that is, of the Peers and Commons, representees of the people met in a lawfull and free Parliament.
1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience vi. 289 The highest Judicatory, consisting of the Kings most excellent Majesty, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Representees of the Commons.
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 448 By their proxyes and representees chosen and sent from their severall distributions.
1850 Contribs. to Herography 69 He was sent to England, the fearless representee of his country's wrongs, the brave claimant of her rights, to present to the King a petition on the subject of taxation.
3. Law. A person to whom a representation is or has been made.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > one who pleads > others involved in pleadings
representor1553
demurrant1809
objectant1906
representee1911
1911 G. S. Bower Law Actionable Misrepresentation 1 A representation is a statement made by, or on behalf of, one person (hereinafter called ‘the representor’) to, or with the intention that it shall come to the notice of, another person (hereinafter called ‘the representee’).
1943 Columbia Law Rev. 44 249 The representee's testimony as to the effect of the misrepresentation upon him has been deemed significant.
1986 P. S. Atiyah Ess. on Contract (1990) x. 323 Warranty primarily allows the representee to claim damages on the basis that the representation is false.
2001 R. Halson Contract Law ii. 34 In addition to proving that a misrepresentation of fact has been made, the representee must show that this misrepresentation induced him to an act of reliance in respect of which he now seeks recompense.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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