Legal Definition and Related Resources of Credentials
Meaning of Credentials
Papers which give a title or claim to confidence. In International Law. The Instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. They are, as it were, his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, § 76.
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Synonyms of Credentials
noun
- authorization
- certificates
- certification
- documents
- identification
- papers
- passport
- proof of authority
- recommendations
- records
- references
- testimonials
- vouchers
Credentials in Diplomatic Law
Credentials
The name for letters given to an ambassador by his chief of state, and addressed to the chief of state of his host country. They are delivered to the latter by ambassadors in a formal credentials ceremony, which generally takes place shortly after his arrival at a new post. Until this ceremony has taken place he is not formally recognized by the host country, and he cannot officially act as an ambassador. The letters are termed “letters of credence” because they request the receiving chief of state to give “full credence” to what the ambassador will say of behalf of his government.
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- Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, Ivor Roberts
- Modern Diplomacy, R.P. Barnston
Meaning of Credentials in the Past
The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. They are, as it were, his letter of attorney (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia), his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, 76. [1]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about credentials is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including credentials.
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