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Legatary :: Legatary (n.) A legatee.

Cumulative :: Cumulative (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

Co-legatee :: Co-legatee (n.) A joint legatee.

Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc..

Vicegerent :: Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another..

Resumption :: Resumption (n.) The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc..

Legatine :: Legatine (a.) Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution..

Mission :: Mission (n.) The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission..

Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..

Collegatary :: Collegatary (n.) A joint legatee.

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting..

Nuncio :: Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios..

Vicegerent :: Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another..

-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..

Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

Legateship :: Legateship (n.) The office of a legate.

Depute :: Depute (v. t.) To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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