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Delectus
DelectusLatin. Choice; selection. The right to choose the person or persons who shall participate in a business or enterprise requiring the exercise of mutual confidence. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Choice Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election. Right 1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself. Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. Mutual Reciprocal. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Delectus personae This phrase, which literally signifies the choice of a person, is applied to show that partners have the right to select their copartners; and that no set of partners can take another person into the partnership, without the consent of each of the partners. Delectus personarum Choice of persons or the persons. Delectus personę Choice of person. Delegata Deputied, empowered, entrusted. Delegata potestas non potest delegari Delegated authority cannot be re-delegated. Delegate A person elected by the people of a territory of the United States, to congress, who has a seat in congress, and a right of debating, but not of voting. Delegation Legislation. It signifies the whole number of the persons who represent a district, a state, and the like, in a deliberative assembly. Delegatus Latin. A person chosen or commissioned: a deputy, agent, representative, trustee. Delegatus non potest delegare One of the pivotal principles of administrative law: that a delegate cannot delegate. In other words, a person to whom an authority or decision-making power has been delegated to from a higher source, canot, in turn, delegate again to another, unless the original delegation explicitly authorized it. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Degrees Academical. Marks of distinction conferred on students, in testimony of their proficiency in arts and sciences. Dehors Out of; without. By this word is understood something out of the record, agreement, will, or other thing spoken of; something foreign to the matter in question. Dei judicium The judgment of God. Del credere Contracts. A del credere commission is one under which the agent, in consideration of an additional premium, engages to insure to his principal not only the solvency of the debtor, but the punctual discharge of the debt; and he is liable, in the first instance, without any demand from the debtor. Delay Civil law. The time allowed either by law or by agreement of the parties to do something. Delectus Delectus personae This phrase, which literally signifies the choice of a person, is applied to show that partners have the right to select their copartners; and that no set of partners can take another person into the partnership, without the consent of each of the partners. Delectus personę Choice of person. Delectus personarum Choice of persons or the persons. Delegata Deputied, empowered, entrusted. Delegata potestas non potest delegari Delegated authority cannot be re-delegated. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Delectus. If you have a better definition for Delectus than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Delectus may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Delectus and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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