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Definition :

Deputy [fr. depute, Fr.], one who governs and acts instead of another, or who exercises an office, etc., in another man's right.

By the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (see SHERIFF), every sheriff is directed to appoint a sufficient deputy having an office within a mile of the Inner Temple Hall, for the receipt of writs, etc.

Judges of the Supreme Court cannot act by deputy; but County Court judges can under County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), ss. 11, 12, 15, in case of illness or unavoidable absence; and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 166, enables recorders to appoint deputies in similar cases.

As to appointment of deputy to recorder, stipendiary magistrate, or clerk of the peace, in case of inability of recorder, etc., himself to appoint, see the Recorders, Stipendiary Magistrates, and Clerks of the Peace Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 46). A deputy cannot make a deputy, 9 Rep. 49.