LEGATION

By SovConn | September 6, 2013

legation (l<<schwa>>-gay-sh<<schwa>>n).Int’l law. 1. The act or practice of sending a diplomat to another country; a diplomatic mission. 2. A body of diplomats sent to a foreign country and headed by an envoy extraordinary or a minister plenipotentiary. 3. The official residence of a diplomatic minister in a foreign country. Cf. EMBASSY.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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