Ad'le-gā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. adlegatio, allegatio, a sending away; adlegare, allegare, to send away with a commission; ad and legare, to send as embassador, legatio, the sending of an embassador.] A right claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations relating to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.