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Definition of Delegated

1. delegate [v] - See also: delegate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delegated

Literary usage of Delegated

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

1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1892)
"It would be easy to show, if it were necessary, that no important power, delegated by the articles of Confederation, has been or can be executed by Congress ..."

2. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"been construed by some to mean, that each State, reciprocally and mutually, delegated to each other, the portion of its sovereignty embracing the delegated ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"She presents the point in this court that, If there was any larceny, it was larceny after trust delegated, and not simple larceny. "If, with intent to steal ..."

4. Statutes and Statutory Construction: Including a Discussion of Legislative by Jabez Gridley Sutherland (1904)
"The legislative power cannot be delegated.— The power to make laws for a state ... It is a delegated power,— delegated in a constitution by the people in ..."

5. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"They might have copied the second article of the existing Confederation, which would have prohibited the exercise of any power not expressly delegated ..."

6. The Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1910)
"Delegated Power May not be Delegated. " One of the settled maxims in constitutional law is that the power conferred upon the legislature to make laws cannot ..."

7. The Works of Alexander Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton (1886)
"They might have copied the second article of the existing Confederation, which would have prohibited the exercise of any power not expressly delegated ..."

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