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Pronunciation : Del`e*ga"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. delegatio: cf. F. d?l?gation.]
Definition : 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

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.

3. (Rom. Law)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913