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Diplomatic agents
Diplomatic agentsThis name has been given to public officers, who have been commissioned, according to law, to superintend and transact the affairs of the government which has employed them, in a foreign country. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Name One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. Public By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public. Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Government "natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state. Employed One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties. Foreign That which belongs to another country; that which is strange. Country By country is meant the state of which one is a member. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Diploma An instrument of writing, executed by, a corporation or society, certifying that a certain person therein named is entitled to a certain distinction therein mentioned. Diplomacy The science which treats of the relations and interests of nations with nations. Diplomat An official representative of a state, present in another state for the purposes of general representation of the state-of-origin or for the purpose of specific international negotiations on behalf of the diplomat's state-of-origin. Diplomatics The art of judging of ancient charters, public documents or diplomas, and discriminating the true from the false. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Diminution of the record Practice. This phrase signifies that the record from an inferior court, sent up to a superior, is incomplete. Diocese Ecclesiastical law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. Diploma An instrument of writing, executed by, a corporation or society, certifying that a certain person therein named is entitled to a certain distinction therein mentioned. Diplomacy The science which treats of the relations and interests of nations with nations. Diplomat An official representative of a state, present in another state for the purposes of general representation of the state-of-origin or for the purpose of specific international negotiations on behalf of the diplomat's state-of-origin. Diplomatic agents Diplomatics The art of judging of ancient charters, public documents or diplomas, and discriminating the true from the false. Direct Straight forward; not collateral. Direct action The right of a third party who has a claim in responsibility against an insured to proceed directly by suit against the insurer, usually because the insured has been declared bankrupt or has become insolvent. In most jurisdictions, direct action is permitted only by statute. Direct capitalization The capitalization method used to convert an estimate of a single year's income expectancy or any annual average of several years' income expectancies into an indication of value in one step, either by dividing the income estimated by an appropriate rate or by multiplying the income estimate by an appropriate factor. Direct evidence That which applies immediately to the fadum probandum, without any intervening process. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Diplomatic agents. If you have a better definition for Diplomatic agents than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Diplomatic agents may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Diplomatic agents and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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