Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To appoint to act as subdelegate or under another.
- noun A subordinate delegate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
- transitive verb To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else. - verb transitive To
appoint as a subdelegate orsubordinate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Or the Berkeley administrator could subdelegate areas of the domain.
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The Secretary of State may subdelegate the authorities set forth herein as he deems necessary and appropriate to implement this proclamation.
Proclamation Barring Entry Of Certain Burmese Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1996
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Bull, in turn appointed Dr. Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete, Bishop of Cuernavaca, as subdelegate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Although the executor may subdelegate the preparatory acts, he may not, unless the rescript expressly says so, subdelegate the actual execution of the decree, unless he subdelegates to another ordinary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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A commissary Apostolic has the power to subdelegate another person for the cause committed to him, unless it has been expressly stated in his diploma that, owing to the importance of the matter at issue, he is to exercise jurisdiction personally.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Faculties that are subdelegated may be restricted in regard to persons, number of cases, etc, and are exercised not in one's own name, but in the name of another: the power of the subdelegate ceases on the death of the delegate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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For the rest, being already delegatus a principe he can canonically subdelegate (Bangen, op. cit., 288, note 2).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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They are, therefore, empowered to delegate the former; in order to subdelegate the latter they must be guided by the limits fixed by the decree of 1888 and its interpretation dated 9 June, 1889.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The municipal governments of the provincial capitals are presided over by the intendants, those of subdelegations by the subdelegate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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He can also use particular indults when they are addressed to the ordinary, and when they are not so addressed the bishop can always subdelegate him, unless the contrary be expressly stated in the indult.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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