exequaturn.
/ɛksɪˈkweɪtə/ 1. An official recognition of a consul or commercial agent by the government of the country to which he is accredited, authorizing him to exercise his power.
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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization > a token or evidence of > written
form1297
commission1397
precept1397
warrant-dormant1423
bill of remembrance1481
warranta1513
warrantment1599
exequatur1788
brown-paper warrant1867
1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 498 There shall be delivered to them..the Exequatur necessary for the exercise of their functions.
1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. ii. 42 If any consul be guilty of illegal or improper conduct, he is liable to have his exequatur..revoked.
1879 Daily News 26 May The Spanish Foreign Office objects to granting the Exequatur for the Chinese Consuls.
2. An authorization granted by a temporal sovereign for the exercise of episcopal functions under Papal authority, or for the publication of Papal bulls. Hence, the right of insisting on the necessity of such authorization.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] > authorization of papal authority
exequatur1859
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [noun] > bull > authorization for publication of
exequatur1859
1859 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain III. 365 The councils in those states..refused to allow the publication of his bulls without the royal exequatur.
1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) The Roman Pontiff..allows Italian bishops..to apply for the exequatur to the sovereign..as the de facto occupant of power.
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