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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A commercial agent of a country residing in a foreign seaport, whose duty is to promote the commerce of the state commissioning him.

83 Tex. 88.

He is not a diplomatic agent, and has no authority to represent his country in diplomatic negotiations.

1 Kent, Comm. 43.