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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
legation
    n 1: the post or office of legate [syn: legation,
         legateship]
    2: a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister [syn:
       legation, foreign mission]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Legation \Le*ga"tion\ (l[-e]*g[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. legatio: cf.
   F. l['e]gation, It. legazione. See Legate.]
   1. The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for
      another. "The Divine legation of Moses." --Bp. Warburton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in
      his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a
      diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. The place of business or official residence of a
      diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of
      government.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
      [1913 Webster]
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
LEGATION. An embassy; a mission. 
     2. All persons attached to a foreign legation, lawfully acknowledged by 
the government of this country, whether they are ambassadors, envoys, 
ministers, or attaches, are protected by the act of April 30, 1790, 1 
Story's L. U. S. 83, from violence, arrest or molestation. 1 Dall. 117; 1 W. 
C. C. R. 232; 11 Wheat. 467; 2 W. C. C. Rep. 435; 4 W. C. C. R. 531; 1 
Miles, 366; 1 N & M. 217; 1 Bald. 240; Wheat. Int. Law, 167. Vide 
Ambassador; Envoy; Minister.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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