5 definitions
Permanent Deputation (n.) is a parliament shrunk small enough that the arithmetic changes.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is the house-sitter a democracy leaves behind while it is out asking for votes.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is the understudy that goes on while the whole cast is out campaigning.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is a constitutional spare tire: smaller, slower, and never meant for the whole trip.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is a legislature in hibernation that still wakes for whatever the government calls an emergency.