
[Middle English depute, from Old French, from past participle of deputer, to depute. See depute.]
noun
A person duly authorized by an officer to serve as his or her substitute by performing some or all of the officer's functions.
A deputy sheriff is designated to act on behalf of the sheriff in regard to official business.
A general deputy or undersheriff, pursuant to an appointment, has authority to execute all of the regular duties of the office of sheriff and serves process without any special authority from the sheriff.
A special deputy, who is an officer pro hac vice (Latin for "for this turn"), is appointed to render a special service. A special deputy acts under a specific, rather than a general, appointment and authority.
See: service of process.
n.
A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust.
"Chief Deputy," the Master cried,
"To-day the books are to be tried
By experts and accountants who
Have been commissioned to go through
Our office here, to see if we
Have stolen injudiciously.
Please have the proper entries made,
The proper balances displayed,
Conforming to the whole amount
Of cash on hand -- which they will count.
I've long admired your punctual way --
Here at the break and close of day,
Confronting in your chair the crowd
Of business men, whose voices loud
And gestures violent you quell
By some mysterious, calm spell --
Some magic lurking in your look
That brings the noisiest to book
And spreads a holy and profound
Tranquillity o'er all around.
So orderly all's done that they
Who came to draw remain to pay.
But now the time demands, at last,
That you employ your genius vast
In energies more active. Rise
And shake the lightnings from your eyes;
Inspire your underlings, and fling
Your spirit into everything!"
The Master's hand here dealt a whack
Upon the Deputy's bent back,
When straightway to the floor there fell
A shrunken globe, a rattling shell
A blackened, withered, eyeless head!
The man had been a twelvemonth dead.
Jamrach Holobom
His deputy filled in for him while he was out sick.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stedfortræder, vikar, deputeret, sikkerhedsansvarlig
Nederlands (Dutch)
plaatsvervanger, gemachtigde, afgevaardigde, hulpsheriff, adjunct-, onder-/vice-
Français (French)
n. - adjoint, remplaçant, suppléant, délégué, fondé de pouvoir
adj. - vice (président), sous (directeur)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Stellvertreter, Bevollmächtigter
adj. - stellvertretend
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναπληρωτής, αντικαταστάτης, βοηθός, επίκουρος, (ΗΠΑ) βουλευτής
adj. - αναπληρωτής, αντικαταστάτης, βοηθός, επίκουρος
Italiano (Italian)
sostituto, supplente, delegato, aggiunto, assistente
Português (Portuguese)
n. - deputado (m), delegado (m), vice (m)
adj. - deputado
Русский (Russian)
заместитель, уполномоченный, депутат
Español (Spanish)
n. - suplente, sustituto, representante, delegado
adj. - suplente, sustituto
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ombud, vikarie, suppleant
adj. - deputerad
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
代理人, 代表
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 代理人, 代表
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الوكيل ( مساعد يقوم بأعمال رئيسه عند غيابه), النائب ( في البرلمان) (صفه) وكيل, نائب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בא-כוח, נבחר, ממלא מקום, סגן
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