LEGAL WORD

Delegatus non potest delegare

Latin maxim · Administrative law

Delegatus non potest delegare

  • Type: Latin maxim
  • Area of law: Administrative law

1 What it means

A delegate cannot delegate. A person given power by law cannot pass it on to someone else unless the law allows.

2 Use it in a sentence

The officer could not hand his statutory power to a clerk: delegatus non potest delegare.

3 Make it stick

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