delegant
(ˈdɛlɪgənt)
[ad. L. dēlēgānt-em, pr. pple. of dēlēgāre to delegate: so mod.F. délégant.]
One who delegates; in Civil Law, one who, to discharge his debt to a creditor, assigns his own debtor to the latter, in his place.
| 1627 W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 128 The Iurisdiction of the delegant and delegate is one. 1644 Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings iv. 44 Samuel was onely the delegate, God was the principall and delegant. 1818 Colebrooke Oblig. & Contracts i. 214 The most frequent case of delegation is that of a debtor of the delegant, who, for his own discharge of a debt due by him, delegates that debtor to his own creditor. |