Legation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An embassy; amission. All persons attached to a foreign legation, lawfully acknowledged by the government of this country, whether they are ambassadors, envoys, ministers, or att^h6s, are protected by the act of April 30, 1790, from violence, arrest, or molestation; Respublica v. De Longchamps, 1 Dali. (l‘a.) 117, 1 L. Ed. 69; Ex parte Cabrera, 1 Wash. C. O. 232, Fed. Cas. No. 2,278; U. S. v. Ortega, 11 Wheat. (U. S.) 467, 6 L. Ed. 521; Torlade ’v. Barrozo, 1 Miles (Pa.) 36(!; U. S. v. Benner, 1 Baldw. 240, Fed. Cas. No. 14,568. See Ambassador; Arrest; Pbivileoe.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Anembassy; a diplomatic minister and his suite; the persons commissioned by one government to exercise diplomatie functions at tle court of another, ineluding the minister, secretaries, attaciis, interpreters, etc., are collectively styled the “legation” of their government. The word also denotes the official residence of a foreign ee minister.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
An embassy; a diplomatic mission. The persons associated in the performance of diplomatic service, upon a commission from one power at the seat of government of another, are styled members of the legation.