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depute::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assign, delegate, designate |
| Type of | appoint, charge |
| Has types | cast, upgrade, break, bump, relegate, task, transfer, advance, delegate, demote, devolve, elevate, kick downstairs, kick upstairs, mandate, place, post, promote, raise, reassign, regiment |
| Derivation | deputation |
Examples of depute
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Advocate depute Alex Prentice QC asked what she thought of the theory.
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King Tissa wrote to Emperor Ashoka to depute Sangamitta for the purpose.
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Before 1677 he was appointed sheriff-depute of Renfrewshire.
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Mahindra also wrote to his father to depute his sister Sanghamitta to Sri Lanka as requested by King Tissa.
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The hereditary sheriff later delegated his judicial functions to a trained lawyer called a sheriff-depute.
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The Heritable Jurisdictions Act of 1747 abolished the office of hereditary sheriff and the sheriff-depute soon became sheriff.
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Prosecutions may be conducted by the Lord Advocate or the Solicitor General but normally by Crown counsel referred to as advocates depute.
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Over time, the judicial duties of the depute were entirely assumed by the substitute and the depute became a judge of appeal from the decisions of his substitute.
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By the nineteenth century advocates depute were first appointed, to assist him in conducting cases in the High Court of Justiciary and the Crown Office was first established.
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- Delegate: transfer power to someone
- Appoint as a substitute
- Delegate: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature.
- (Deputing) Delegation (or deputation) is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate) to carry out specific activities. However the person who delegated the work remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work. ...
- To assign (someone or something) to or for something; To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate; To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy
