depute (deput)

[ The fashion of every depute carrying his own shell on his back in the form of his own carriage is a piece of very modern dignity. I myself rode circuits, when I was advo cate- depute, between 1807 and 1810. Lord Cock burn , Memoirs. deputize (dep'ū-tiz), v.; pret. and pp. deputized, ppr. deputizing. [ unnece ary substitute for depute.] I. trans. To appoint as deputy; empower to act for another, as a sheriff; depute. [U. S.] It is only learned foreigners, who desire to study our institutions, that suppose the affairs of the nation are governed by a series of deputized expre ions originating in the town meeting and working upward. N. A. Rev. , CXXXIX. 105. II. in trans. To act as a deputy. [U. S.] deputy (dep'u-ti), n. and a . [Early mod. E. deputie , debyte , depute , F. député = Sp. diputado = Pg. deputado = It. deputato , deputatus , a deputy, prop. pp. of deputare , depute: see depute .] I. n.; pl. deputies (-tiz). 1. A person appointed or elected to act for an other or others; one who exercises an office in another's right; a lieutenant or substitute. The vicar and debyte of Christ. J. Udall, On Revelations xvii. He hath committed this other office of preserving in healthful constitution the inner-man, which may be term'd the spirit of the soul, to his spiritual deputy , the minister of each Congregation, Milton , Church-Government, ii. 3. Specifically-2. One deputed to represent a body of electors; one elected to the office of representative: as, the deputies to the French Chamber of Deputies. Each district has now its respective deputy to the general diet, although the canton has but one vote, and consequently loses its voice if the two deputies are of different opinions. J. Adams , Works, IV. 314. That certain men have been chosen as deputies of the people that there is a piece of paper stating such depu ties to po e certain powers these circumstances in themselves constitute no security for good government. Macaulay, Utilitarian Theory of Government. 3. In law, one who by authority exercises another's office or some function thereof, in the IMG:content-2421.png:[blocks in formation] name or place of the principal, but has no in deraignment2+ (de-ran'ment), n. [ terest in the office. A deputy may in general perform all the functions of his principal, or those specially deputed to him, but cannot again depute his powers. Specifically-(a) A subordinate officer authorized to act in place of the principal officer, as, for instance, in his absence. If authorized to exercise for the time being the whole power of his principal, he is a general deputy, and may usually act in his own name with his official addition of deputy, etc. (b) A subordinate officer authorized to act in a particular matter or service, as, for instance, to serve a writ, or to aid in keeping the peace on a particular oссаsion. In such case he is a special deputy. - Chamber of Deputies, the (English) title of the second house of the national parliament or a embly in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Rumania. In France it consists of nearly 600 members, chosen by universal suffrage, each depart- The act of derailing, or causing to leave the rails, + -ment.] 1. The act of disordering or disarranging; a turning out of course. 2. A renunciation, as of religious or monastic vows. derail (de-rāl'), v. [L. de, from, + E. raill.] I. trans. To cause to leave the rails or run off the track, as a railroad-train: as, the engine was derailed at the cro ing. ment constituting an electoral district, and sending ties in the ratio of one deputy for each 70,000 inhabitants. The number of members is 508 in Italy, 173 in Portugal, 178 in Rumania, and one for each 50,000 inhabitants in Spain. The chamber is the popular branch of the legislative a embly, and is in general the branch in which financial measures originate. =Syn. Substitute, representative, legate, delegate, envoy, agent, factor, proxy. II. a . Serving as a deputy; deputed: as, a deputy sheriff.