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]