Envoy
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In international law. A minister of the second rank, on whom his sovereign or government has conferred a degree of dignity and respectability which, without being on a level with an ambassador, immediately follows, and, among ministers, yields the pre-eminence to him alone. g;:eater consideration. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, S 72. EO INSTANTE (Lat.) At that Instant. EO INTUITU (Lat.) With that view or intent. Hale, Anal. § 2. EO LOCI (Lat.)
In civil law. In. that place (eo looo); ■ there. Dig. 5. 1. 19. '2. In that state or condition. Calv. Lex. EO NOMINE (Lat.) Under or by that name. EODEM LIGAMINE QUO LIGATUM EST dissolvltur. A bond is released by the same formalities with which it is contracted. Co. Litt. 212b; Broom, Leg. Max. 891.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In International Law. A diplomatic agent sent by one state to another. In accordance with the rules adopted at the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, envoys are placed among diplomatic agents of the second class. They are not regarded as representing the person and dignity of their sovereigns, and thus they rank below ambassadors. On the other hand, they are accredited to the sovereign of the state and, except for the obsolete privilege of treating with the head of the foreign state personally, their position is not substantially different from that of an ambassador (q. v.). 1 Opp. 443- 446.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A public minister of the second class, ranking next after an ambassador.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In international law. <A public minister of the second ciass, ranking next after an ambassador. Envoys are either ordinary or extraordinary; by custom the latter is held in greater consideration.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Minister, 3.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
international law. In diplomatic language an envoy is a minister of the second rank, on whom his government has conferred a degree of dignity and respectability, which without being on a level with an ambassador, immediately follows, and among ministers, yields the preeminence to him alone. Envoys are either ordinary or extraordinary; by custom the latter is held in greater consideration. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6. § 72..-