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Definition of Delegating

1. Noun. Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.

Definition of Delegating

1. Verb. (present participle of delegate) ¹

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Definition of Delegating

1. delegate [v] - See also: delegate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delegating

Literary usage of Delegating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Law of Real Estate Agency: Including the Duties and Liabilities of by William Slee Walker (1922)
"Power of delegating authority. Principals are capable of delegating authority to others to act in their behalf and for their interests. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Not Only a Discussion of the by Floyd Russell Mechem (1914)
"Principal can not relieve himself by delegating duties. ... In the sense that the master cannot escape responsibility by delegating the performance of these ..."

3. Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers by Thomas D. Morton, Marsha K. Salus (1995)
"These practices include delegating, monitoring performance, giving feedback, ... Delegating The major forms of delegation in child welfare supervision are ..."

4. A Treatise on Obligations: Considered in a Moral and Legal View by Robert Joseph Pothier (1802)
"... delegating, of his obligation, contracts, by the order of the ... delegating, a new obligation to; Wards the creditor of the ..."

5. A Treatise on the Power and Duty of an Arbitrator, and the Law of by Francis Russell (1878)
"Award reserving or delegating ministerial duty.]—An M-rvi/or important distinction has been taken by the courts, ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Southard, the same objection arises to delegating this power to the state authorities, as there does to intrusting it to the courts of the United States. ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"matrimonial cases and the power, also, of delegating such faculties. (Xo. xxiii) Permission to use the short formula in the baptism of adults is to be ..."

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