relegation
    n 1: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn:
         delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation,
         deputation]
    2: the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular
       class or category
    3: mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has
       been relegated to a post in Siberia"

Relegation \Rel`e*ga"tion\ (-g?"sh?n), n. [L. relegatio: cf. F.
   rel['e]gation.]
   The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated;
   removal; banishment; exile.
   [1913 Webster]

RELEGATION, civil law. Among the Romans relegation was a banishment to a 
certain place, and consequently was an interdiction of all places except the 
one designated. 
     2. It differed from deportation. (q.v.) Relegation and deportation 
agree u these particulars: 1. Neither could be in a Roman city or province. 
2. Neither caused the party punished to lose his liberty. Inst. 1,16, 2; 
Digest, 48, 22, 4; Code, 9, 47,26. 
     3. Relegation and deportation differed in this. 1. Because deportation 
deprived of the right of citizenship, which was preserved notwithstanding 
the relegation. 2. Because deportation was always perpetual, and relegation 
was generally for a limited time. 3. Because deportation was always attended 
with confiscation of property, although not mentioned in the sentence; while 
a loss of property was not a consequence of relegation unless it was 
perpetual, or made a part of the sentence. Inst. 1, 12, 1 & 2; Dig. 48, 20, 
7, 5; Id. 48, 22, 1 to 7; Code, 9, 47, 8.