Defendant: Person, company or organization which defends a civil action taken by a plaintiff and against whom the court is asked to order damages or corrective action to redress some unlawful or improper action alleged by the plaintiff. Also a person charged with a criminal offence.
Delegatus non potest delegare
Delegatus non potest delegare: (Latin: a delegate cannot delegate) A person to whom authority or decision-making power has been delegated by a higher source, cannot delegate that power to someone else, unless the original delegation explicitly authorised it.
Deliverables
Drawings, specifications, commentaries, perspectives, models, etc., prepared by the proponent in response to a request for proposals(RFP) that accompanies and forms part of the proposal.
Deponent
Deponent: Person who swears an affidavit or deposition.
Descendant
Descendant: Persons born of, or from children of, another. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandparents, as children are descendants of their natural parents. The law distinguishes between collateral descendants, such as nephews and nieces, and lineal descendants, such as sons and daughters.
Design
design includes the preparation of plans, particulars, drawings, specifications, calculations and other expressions of purpose according to which the construction, extension, alteration, repair or renewal concerned is to be executed and “designed” shall be construed accordingly.
Design and access statement
A report accompanying and supporting a planning application to illustrate the process that has led to the development proposal, and to explain and justify the proposal in a structured way.
Design Certifier
“Design Certifier” means the competent, registered professional person who has been commissioned by the Building Owner to design, in conjunction with others, the building or works described in the relevant Commencement Notice (or 7 Day Notice), and to certify such design is in compliance with the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations insofar as they apply to the building or works concerned, and who confirms that the documentation included in the schedule to the Commencement Notice (or 7 Day Notice) which has been prepared by him/ her, other members of the design team and specialist designers whose design activities he/ she has coordinated, has been prepared to demonstrate such compliance.
Designating Authority
The national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment and designation of conformity assessment bodies under a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) or under the CETA Protocol on Conformity Assessment
Designation
An act whereby one of the parties to the CETA Protocol on Conformity Assessment or to a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) informs the other party that a body, which fulfils the relevant requirements, has been designated to carry out conformity assessment according to the other partys requirements
