Credentials
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Papers which give a title or claim to confidence. In International Law. The Instrustate or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. They are, as it were, his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, § 76.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In International Law. The instruments which authorize and • lish a public minister in bis character with the state or prince to whom they are ad- 1. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials, are as it were his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, § 76. See Full Po Letter of Credence.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials.. They are, as it were, his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. Vatiel, liv. 4, ¢. 6, § 76.