By deputation

by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy.

See also: Deputation

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The danger of delay obliges the consenting provinces to furnish their quotas, without waiting for the others; and then to obtain reimbursement from the others, by deputations, which are frequent, or otherwise, as they can.
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The petitioner claimed that the post of special secretary couldn't be filled by deputation.
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