Plenipotentiary
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Possessing full powers; as, a minister plenipotentiary is one authorized fully to settle the matters connected with his mission, subject, however, to the ratification of the government by which he is authorized. PLENUM DOMINIUM (Lat.) The unlimited right which the owner has to use his property as he deems proper, without accountability to any one. PLEYNTYFE (L. Fr. from pleyndre, to complain).
In old English law. Plaintiff; a complaining party.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Possessing full powers; as, a minister plenipotentiary is one authorized fully to settle the matters connected with his mission, subject, however, to the ratification of the government by which he is authorized. See Minister. PLENUM DOMINIUM (Lat.). The unlimited right which the owner has to use his property as he deems proper, without accountability to any one.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
One who has full power to do a thing, a person fully commissioned to act for another, — applied, in international law, to ministers and envoys of the second rank of public ministers.