Delegation
A further method for the discharge of an obligation, closely connected to novation, was delegation (delegatio). This occurred when a person authorized another to pay a debt to or assume an obligation towards a third person with a view to effecting a change of creditors or debtors to an existing obligation.
In essence this amounted to the transfer of obligations or duties created by a contract to a third party. For example, if A owed B and B owed C, B could direct A to promise to pay C. A's promise to pay C would novate and thus extinguish B's obligation to C. It is important to note, however, that delegation presupposed the co-operation of the persons involved.[1036]4.13.7
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