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LETTER OF CREDENCE, international law (law)


LETTER OF CREDENCE, international law. A written instrument addressed by the sovereign or chief magistrate of a state, to the sovereign or state to whom sovereign or chief magistrate of a state, to the sovereign or state to whom a public minister is sent, certifying his appointment as such, and the a public minister is sent, certifying his appointment as such, and the general objects of his mission, and requesting that full faith and credit general objects of his mission, and requesting that full faith and credit may be given to what he shall do and say on the part of his court. may be given to what he shall do and say on the part of his court. 2. When it is given to an ambassador, envoy, or minister accredited to 2. When it is given to an ambassador, envoy, or minister accredited to a sovereign, it is addressed to the sovereign or state to whom the minister a sovereign, it is addressed to the sovereign or state to whom the minister is delegated in the case of a charge d' affaires, it is addressed by the is delegated in the case of a charge d' affaires, it is addressed by the secretary or minister of state charged with the department of foreign secretary or minister of state charged with the department of foreign affairs to the minister of foreign affairs of the other government. Wheat. affairs to the minister of foreign affairs of the other government. Wheat. International Law, pt. 3, c. 1, Sec. 7; Wicquefort, de l' Ambassadeur, l. 1, International Law, pt. 3, c. 1, Sec. 7; Wicquefort, de l' Ambassadeur, l. 1, Sec. 15. Sec. 15.