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Bey

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions also in some places a prince or nobleman a beg as the bey of Tunis...


Beg

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East a bey...


Beylic

The territory ruled by a bey...


Ambassador

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 ...


Diplomatic Privileges Act

Diplomatic Privileges Act, 1708 (7 Anne, c. 12), by which ambassadors and other public ministers of foreign princes and their domestic servants are privileged from being sued in this country; see Magdalena Steam Nav. Co. v. Martin, (1859) 2 E&E 94; Musurus Bey v. Gadban, (1894) 2 QB 352....


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