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Colegatee

A joint legatee; one of two or more persons who receive a legacy under a will. Cf. LEGATEE.

Court of Delegates

Hist. Eccles. law. A court serving as the final court of appeal for admiralty and ecclesiastical matters. ( The Court was established in 1534 to serve in the stead of the Papal Curia when the English Church severed its ties with the Papacy. Six delegates made up the Court, usu. three persons trained in common law and three in civil law. This mixture led to confused rulings and unreliable precedents that hindered the Court's credibility and ultimately led to its dissolution. The Court was abolished in 1833 and its jurisdiction transferred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. - Also termed High Court of Delegates. "The crown had an absolute discretion as to the person to be appointed. But, as the lawyers of Doctors' Commons were the only lawyers acquainted with canon or civil law, certain of them were usually included in the commission .... It is not surprising to find that the [Court of Delegates] was unsatisfactory. It was a shifting body, so that no general rules of procedure could be established. It did not as a rule give reasons for its decisions. Its members were only paid a guinea a day; and consequently it was usually composed of the junior civilians. On them, the judges of the common law courts, appointed as delegates, were obliged to rely for their law. In consequence of the dissatisfaction felt at its working the Ecclesiastical Commission of 1832, in a special report, recommended the transfer of its jurisdiction to the Privy Council ...." 1 William Holdaworth, A History of English Law 605 (7th ed. 1956).

Delegate

n. One who represents or acts for another person or a group. delegated legislation See REGULATION (3).

Delegatee

An agent or representative to whom a matter is delegated.

High Court of Delegates.

See COURT OF DELEGATES.

House of Delegates.

1. The body vested with the control and administration of the American Bar Association. 2. The lower chamber of the state legislature in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Legate

ub. To give or leave as a legacy; BEQUEATH.

Legatee

1 One who is named in a will to take personal property; one who has received a legacy or bequest. 2. Loosely, one to whom a devise of real property is given. - Also termed (archaically) legatary.

ablegate

A papal envoy on a special mission, such as carrying a newly appointed cardinal's insignia of office. able seaman. See able-bodied seaman under SEAMAN.

commission of delegates

Hist. A commission appointing a person (usu. a lord, bishop, or judge) to sit with several other appointees to hear an appeal of an ecclesiastical judgment in the Court of Chancery. ( This commission was abolished in 1832, and its functions transferred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

judex delegates

Civil law. A delegated judge; a special judge.

legate a latere

See LEGATUS.

legate missus