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[ The representationists , as denying to consciousne the cognisance of aught beyond a merely subjective phæno men on, are likewise idealists; yet, as positing the reality of an external world, they must be distinguished as cosmothetic idealists. Hamilton , Reid's Works, Note C, § 1. representative (rep-re-zen'ta-tiv), a . and n. [ représent at if = Pr. representatiu = Sp. Pg. representativo = It. rappresentativo , repræsentativus , repræsent are , represent: see represent .] I. a. 1. Representing, portraying, or typifying. Representative [poesy] is as a visible history, and is an image of actions as if they were present, as history is of actions in nature as they are, (that is) past. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. They relieve themselves with this distinction, and yet own the legal sacrifices, though representative , to be proper Bp. Atterbury. and real. Men have a pictorial or representative quality, and serve us in the intellect. Behmen and Swedenborg saw that things were representative . Men are also representative first, of things, and, secondly, of ideas. Emerson , Representative Men, p. 14. 2. Acting as the substitute for or agent of an This doctrine supposes the perfections of God to be rep resentatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures. Locke. A statue of Rumour, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of credulity. Add is on , Freeholder. This breadth entitles him [Plato] to stand as the repre sentative of philosophy. Emerson , Representative Men, p. 44. 2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another or others, being invested with his or their authority: as, an attorney is the representative of his client or employer; specifically, a member of the British House of Commons, or, in the United States, of the lower branch of Congre (the House of Representatives) or of the corresponding branch of the legislature in some States. Then let us drink the Stewartry, Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that, Our representative to be. Burns , Election Ballads, i. The tribunes of Rome, who were the representatives of the people, prevailed, it is well known, in almost every contest with the senate for life. A. Hamilton , Federalist, No. 63. sentative system: - That the representatives There are four e entials to the excellence of a reprerepresentatives rather than mere delegates. shall be Bryce, Amer. Commonwealth, I. 296. 3. In law:: (a) One who occupies another's place and succeeds to his beneficial rights in such a way that he may also in some degree be charged with his liabilities. Thus, heir of another or of others. This council of four hundred was chosen, one hundred out of each tribe, and seems to have been a body representative of the people. Swift . The more multitudinous a representative a embly may be rendered, the more it will partake of the infirmities incident to collective meetings of the people. A. Hamilton, Federalist, No. 58. 3. Pertaining to or founded on representation of the people; conducted by the agency of delegates chosen by or representing the people: as, a representative government. A representative government, even when entire, cannot po ibly be the seat of sovereignty - the supreme and ultimate power of a State. The very term representative implies a superior in the individual or body represented. succeeds, he is liable for his ancestor's debts, is a repre sentative of the ancestor; but the widow, who takes part of the estate as dower, without liability, is not deemed a representative of the deceased; nor is an officer or trustee who succeeds to the rights and powers of the office or trust a representative of his predece or, for, though he comes under liability in respect of the office or trust as his predece or did, he does not succeed to the liabilities which his predece or had incurred. The executor or administrator is sometimes spoken of as the representative of the decedent, but is usually distinguished by being called the per sonal representative. (b) One who takes under the Statute of Descents or the Statute of Distributions, or under a will or trust deed, a share which by the primary intention would have gone to his parent had the parent survived to the time for taking. If a gift has vested in interest absolutely in the parent, then, upon the parent's death before it vests in po e ion, the child will take as succe or in interest of the parent, but not as representative of the parent in this sense. But if the parent dies before acquiring any interest whatever, as where one of several heirs apparent dies before the ancestor, leaving a child or children, the other heirs take their respective shares as if the one had not died, and the child or children of the deceased take the share their deceased parent would have taken. In this case all repre ion about 330 members. In many of the separate States, also, the lower branch of the legislature is called the House of Representatives. - Personal representative. See personal. - Real representative, an heir at law or devisee. representatively (rep-re-zen'ta-tiv-li), adv. In a representative manner; as or through a representative. Lord) was solemnly reinstated in favour and we represen tatively , or virtually, in him. Barrow , Works, V. 468. representativene entatives), Having sustained the brunt of God's displeasure, he [our n.