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delegatus non potest delegare

Definition

Legal rule that an agent to whom an authority or decision making power has been delegated by a principal or higher authority may not delegate it to a sub agent—unless the original delegator expressly authorizes it, or there is an implied authority to do so. Its is a fundamental principle of administrative law. Latin for, a delegate may not delegate.


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