delegantn.

1613 R. Preston tr. F. Suarez in Theol. Disputation x. §ii. 229 'A delegate Iudge..hath no authority, but from the delegante', that is from him who doth delegate it vnto him.

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas iv. 44 Samuel was onely the delegate, God was the principall and delegant.

?1704 L. Mathews Remarks Late Printed Demonstr. 1 It is evident, That a delegated power is not the Supreme Power..and that an Appeal lies from the Delegate to the Delegant.

1947 Trans. Grotius Soc. 33 131 The four Governments, having assumed supreme authority with respect to Germany.., would normally exercise it themselves. If they allow the Commanders-in-Chief to exercise it in their respective zones, this involves delegation and, in law, renders the delegate a representative of the delegant.

2019 L. A. Wendling Contracts for Paralegals (ed. 2) i. v. 126 After making the contract, the parties may assign their rights and/or delegate their duties under the contract to a third party...An assignor usually is no longer liable under the contract,..whereas a delegant remains liable.

1697 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 782 So that esto the party should turn bankrupt, yet he who accepts the delegation, has no recourse against the former delegant.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 214 The most frequent case of delegation is that of a debtor of the delegant, who, for his own discharge of a debt due by him, delegates that debtor to his own creditor.

2011 B. Geva Payment Order Antiq. & Middle Ages v. 204 In a delegation, the person to be delegated (Paymaster) may not be sued by the delegant (Debtor) for the failure to perform.