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Delegate

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....n its general sense and as generally used, the term does not imply, or point to, a giving up of authority, but rather the conferring authority upon some one else. At common law, it is the transfer of authority by one person to another, the act of making or commissioning a delegate. Expression 'delegation of authority or power' is a term which like the word 'delegate' does not imply a parting w....

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....ed or commissioned to act in the stead of another. Transfer of authority from one to another. A person to whom affairs are committed by another. "Delegation" according to said dictionary means, the instructing another with a general power to act for the good of those who depute him; transfer of authority by one person to another. According to Venkataramaiya's Law Lexicon, "Delegation" as the ....