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{{Theory

|Theory Type=Definition

|Formulation Text=Community A is said to engage in a relationship of singular authority delegation over topic ''x'' ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to exactly one community.

|Formulation File=Singular Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017).png

|Description=Singular authority delegation is a sub-type of authority delegation. It describes a situation in which a community delegates authority over some topic to a single community.

Another example of singular authority delegation is the relationship between the art market and the two people considered experts on Picasso: Maya Widmaier-Picasso and Claude Ruiz-Picasso. For matters of authenticity concerning the works of Picasso, the art market always and only delegates authority to the combined Maya-Claude mosaic. The art market will only accept a Picasso painting as authentic if ''both'' Maya and Claude agree that it is so. Maya and Claude are two separate authorities, and do not always agree. However, because the art market only delegates authority to a single entity-- the mosaic composed of theories agreed upon by Maya and Claude-- this is an instance of singular authority delegation.

|Resource=Loiselle (2017)

|Page Status=Editor Approved

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|Accepted From Approximate=No

|Acceptance Indicators=The definition became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective [[Modification:Sciento-2017-0007|suggested modification]].

|Accepted Until Approximate=No

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