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Relegation

Relegation, exile; judicial banishment.Abjuration, i.e., a deportation for ever into a foreign land, is a civil death; relegation is banishment for a time only, Co. Litt. 133 a. In Rome, relegation was a less severe punishment than deportation, in that the relegated person did not thereby lose the rights of a Roman citizen, nor those of his family, as the authority of a father over his children, etc, Sand. Just....


Relegation

The act of relegating or the state of being relegated removal banishment exile...


enjoyment

enjoyment : personal benefit, use, or possession (as of rights or property) [widows and widowers were relegated to lifetime of the marital estates "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] ;specif : the receipt of the fruits or profits of property see also right of use, usufruct ...


Relegate

To remove usually to an inferior position to consign to transfer specifically to send into exile to banish...


Delegata potestas non potest delegari

Delegata potestas non potest delegari. 2 Inst. 597.-(A delegated power cannot be relegated.) See DELEGATUS, and DEPUTY....


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