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LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or ...

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 375 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEGATION (
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Lat. legalio, a sending or
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mission)
  , a
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diplomatic
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mission of the second rank . The
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term is also applied to the
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building in which the minister resides and to the
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area round it covered by his diplomatic immunities . See DIPLOMACY .

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