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Ambassador [legatus, Lat.], a representative minister sent by one sovereign power to another, with authority conferred on him by letters of credence to treat on affairs of state, 4 Inst. 153. Ambassadors are either ordinary, who reside in the place whither they are sent; or extraordinary, who are employed upon special matters. An ambassador during the period of his residence here is entirely exempt from the jurisdiction of the courts of this country, Magdalena Steam Navigation Co. v. Martin, (1859) 2 E&E 94; Musurus Bey v. Godban, 1894 (2) QB 352). Ambassadors and their domestic servants are protected from civil arrest and their goods from seizure under distress or execution by the (English) Diplomatic Privileges Act, 1708 (7 Anne, c. 12), which is declaratory of the Common Law, but imposes severe penalties, including corporal punishment, on persons violating its provisions. The King can veto the appointment of an ambassador, and this constitutional right was last exercised by William ...
ambassador
ambassador A public officer clothed with high diplomatic powers, commissioned by a government to transact the international business of his government with a foreign government. Source: FindLaw ...
Embassy
The public function of an ambassador the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys a public message to foreign court concerning state affairs hence any solemn message...
Embassage, or Embassy
Embassage, or Embassy, the message or commission given by a sovereign or state to a minister, called an ambassador, empowered to treat or communicate with another sovereign or state; also the establishment of an ambassador....
Leger, Leiger, or Ledger
Leger, Leiger, or Ledger [fr. legger, Dut., to lie], anything that lies in a place; as, a leger-book, a book that lies in a counting-house; leger-ambassador, a resident ambassador....
Resident
Resident, an agent, minister, of officer residing in any distant place with the dignity of an ambassador; the chief representative of the government at certain native states in India. residents are a class of public ministers inferior to ambassadors and envoys; but, like them, they are under the protection of the law of nations.Also, a tenant, who was obliged to reside on his lord's land, and not to depart from the same; called also homme levant et couchant, and in Normandy, resseant du fief, Leg. H. I.A person who has a residence in a particular place, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1311....
extraordinary
extraordinary 1 a : going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary ;specif : of, relating to, or having the nature of a proceeding or action not normally required by law or not prescribed for the regular administration of law [an session of the legislature] [granted relief] compare ordinary b : of or relating to a financial transaction that is not expected to be repeated [an charge against earnings] [an gain] 2 : employed for or sent on a special function or service [an ambassador ] ...
foreign government official
foreign government official As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States who has been accredited by a foreign government to function as an ambassador, public minister, career diplomatic or consular officer, other accredited official, or an attendant, servant or personal employee of an accredited official, and all above aliens' spouses and unmarried minor (or dependent) children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
nominate
nominate [Latin nominatus, past participle of nominare to call by name, from nomin- nomen name] in the civil law of Louisiana : having a special or certain name compare innominate [nÄ -mə-nāt] vt -nat·ed -nat·ing 1 : to appoint or propose for appointment to an office, position, or place [if the testator has nominated an executor of the will] [the President…shall and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors "U.S. Constitution art. II"] 2 : to propose as a candidate for election to office nom·i·na·tion [nÄ -mə-nā-shən] n ...
supreme court
supreme court 1 : the highest court in a nation or state ;specif cap S&C : the highest court in the judicial branch of the U.S. government that has original jurisdiction over controversies involving ambassadors or other ministers or consuls but whose main activity is as the court of last resort exercising appellate jurisdiction over cases involving federal law 2 cap S&C : a court of original jurisdiction in New York NOTE: The court of last resort in New York is the Court of Appeals. ...
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