Legation
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A legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an Ambassador, a legation was headed by a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
The distinction between a legation and embassy was gradually dropped following World War II. All diplomatic representative offices are now designated as embassies or high commissions.
A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a chief officer.
[edit] See also
- Beijing Legation Quarter
- American Legation, Tangier
- Concession (territory)
- Papal Legations — Certain administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna.
- Villa Lituania
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