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delegation

act of giving another party the responsibility of carrying out the performance agreed to in a contract
Class type of: legal act Q1184065

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
legal act[1]
Facet of
contract law, administrative law, management[2][3][4]
Has effect
iron law of oligarchy[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en delegation of authority en delegation ar تفويض cs delegace da Delegation (jura) de Delegieren es Delegación (Derecho) fa تفویض fi Delegointi he האצלת סמכויות hi प्रत्यायोजन id Delegasi it delega it Delegazione ja 代表団 ja 委任 ja 委譲 ja 権限委譲 ko 위임 nl delegatie
🔖 Identifiers · 15
GND ID
4125548-3
OpenAlex ID
C86532276
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
8044
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/16592
Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors ID
10859
BBC Things ID
c420d45c-6bc6-4b57-8fa3-1ebf7d56d96d
BNCF Thesaurus ID
28169
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.402
Freebase ID
/m/01g02n
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
delegation-of-authority
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
86532276
NDL Authority ID
00565507
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UN Thesaurus ID
1001552
UNESCO Thesaurus ID
concept7574
YSO ID
6582

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🔗 Connections
Facet of 3
management, administrative law, contract law
Has effect 1
iron law of oligarchy
Subclass of 1
legal act
Subtypes 1
consular corps
← Has cause 1
iron law of oligarchy
← Has effect 1
charter
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  1. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → contract law, administrative law, management
    Has effect → iron law of oligarchy
    Subclass of → legal act
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 6582, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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