DELEGATE

delegate (del-<<schwa>>-git), n. 1. One who represents or acts for another person or a group.

2.Parliamentary law. A voting member of a convention, whether entitled to vote as an elected or

appointed  delegate  (sense  1),  as  an  upgraded  alternate,  or  ex  officio.  See  CONVENTION(4);

ALTERNATE; EX OFFICIO.

instructed delegate.A delegate bound to vote according to a constituency’s expressed wishes.

Cf. uninstructed delegate; UNIT RULE(2).

uninstructed delegate.A  delegate who  is not instructed and  may therefore vote according to

his or her conscience. Cf. instructed delegate. [Blacks Law 8th]