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Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.

Legatine :: Legatine (a.) Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution..

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting..

Cumulative :: Cumulative (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution..

Ablegate :: Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office..

Resumption :: Resumption (n.) The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc..

Nuncio :: Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios..

Legatine :: Legatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power..

Legate :: Legate (n.) An ambassador or envoy.

Co-legatee :: Co-legatee (n.) A joint legatee.

Democracy :: Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic..

Legatary :: Legatary (n.) A legatee.

Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.

Prolegate :: Prolegate (n.) The deputy or substitute for a legate.

Legate :: Legate (n.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..

Delegation :: Delegation (n.) 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..

Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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