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legation: see diplomatic service diplomatic service, organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another.
OriginsUntil the 15th cent. any formal communication or negotiation among nations was conducted either by means of ambassadors specially ..... Click the link for more information. ; extraterritoriality extraterritoriality or exterritoriality, privilege of immunity from local law enforcement enjoyed by certain aliens. Although physically present upon the territory of a foreign nation, those aliens possessing extraterritoriality are considered ..... Click the link for more information. . legation 1. a diplomatic mission headed by a minister 2. the official residence and office of a diplomatic minister 3. the act of sending forth a diplomatic envoy 4. the mission or business of a diplomatic envoy 5. the rank or office of a legate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He had been appointed to the secretaryship of the German legation at Washington and in these first days of the autumn was about to take possession of his post. Coming solely from the Ottomans, it might have signified only Ottoman hatred of Christians, and a vulgar ignorance as to genteel methods of expressing it; but coming from the Christianized, educated, politic British legation, it simply intimated that we were a sort of gentlemen and ladies who would bear watching After leaving college he became Private Secretary to Lord Binkie, and was then appointed Attache to the Legation at Pumpernickel, which post he filled with perfect honour, and brought home despatches, consisting of Strasburg pie, to the Foreign Minister of the day. |
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