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valtuusto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Council noun A group of people formally chosen to manage, advise on, or make decisions about local or organizational affairs.
  • delegation noun A group of people sent to represent a larger organization or country.

Senses

valtuusto is used for these senses in English:

  • council A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
  • delegation A group of delegates.
  • delegation (legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)

delegation — full definition

  1. noun A group of people sent to represent a larger organization or country.
  2. noun The act of assigning tasks or authority to someone else.

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