Minister
Minister in Law Enforcement
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Minister
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c. 1300, “one who acts upon the authority of another,” from Old French menistre “servant, valet, member of a household staff, administrator, musician, minstrel” (12c.), from Latin minister (genitive ministri) “inferior, servant, priest’s assistant” (in Medieval Latin, “priest”), from minus, minor “less,” hence “subordinate,” (see minus) + comparative suffix *-teros. Formed on model of magister. Meaning “priest” is attested in English from early 14c. Political sense of “high officer of the state” is attested from 1620s, from notion of “service to the crown.”
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- minister in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- minister in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
The rank of diplomatic agent below an ambassador and almost entirely in disuse.
The rank of diplomatic agent below an ambassador and almost entirely in disuse.
Meaning of Minister in the Past
One ordained by some church to preach the gospel.
Developments
Ministers are authorized in the United States of America, generally, to marry and are liable to fines and penalties for marrying minors contrary to the local regulations. As to the right of ministers or parsons, see Am. Jur. No. 30, p. 268; Anth. Shep. Touch. 564; 2 Mass. R. 500; 10 Mass. R. 97; 14 Mass. R. 333; 3 Fairf. R. 487.[1]
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- Partialy, this information about minister is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including minister.
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Meaning of Minister in the Past
This is the general name given to public functionaries who show or represent their country abroad, such as ambassadors, (q.v.) envoys, (q.v.) and residents. (q.v.) A custom of recent origin has introduced a new kind of ministers, without any particular determination of character; these are simply called ministers, to suggest that they are invested with the general character of a sovereign’s mandatories, without any particular assignment of rank or character.
Developments
The minister represents his government (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) in a vague and indeterminate way, which cannot be equal to the first degree; and be possesses all the rights essential to a public minister.
Details
There are also ministers plenipotentiary, who, as they possess full powers, are of much greater distinction than simple ministers. These also, are without any particular attribution of rank and character, but by custom are now placed immediately below the ambassador or on a level with the envoy extraordinary. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, 74; Kent, Com. 38; Merl. Répert. h. t. sect. 1, n. 4.
Other Aspects
Formerly no distinction was made in the different classes of public ministers, but the modern usage of Europe (see more about the legal issues of this continet here) introduced some distinctions in this respect, which, on account of a want of precision, became the source of controversy. To obviate these, the congress of Vienna and that of Aix la Chapelle, put an end to these disputes by classing ministers as follows: 1. Ambassadors and papal legates or nuncios. 2. Envoys, ministers or others accredited to sovereigns, (aupres des souverains). 3. Ministers resident, accredited to sovereigns. 4. Chargés d’Affaires, accredited to the minister of foreign affairs. Récez du Congrès de Vienne, du 19 Mars, 1815; Protocol du Congrès d’ Aix la Chapelle, du 21 Novembre, 1818; Wheat, Intern. Law, pt. 3, c. 6.
More Information
The act of May 1, 1810, 2 Story’s L. U. S. 1171, fixes a compensation for public, ministers, as follows 1. Be it enacted, etc. That the president of the United States of America must not allow to any minister plenipotentiary a greater sum than at the rate of nine thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses; nor to any chargè des affaires, a greater sum than at the rate of four thousand five bundred dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses, nor to the secretary of any legation or embassy to any foreign country or secretary of any minister plenipotentiary, a greater sum than at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses; nor to any consul who must be appointed to reside at Algiers, a greater sum than at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses; nor to any other consul who must be appointed to reside at any other of the states on the coast of Barbary, a greater sum than at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses; nor must there be appointed more than one consul for any one of the said states: gived, it must be lawful for the president of the United States of America to allow to a minister plenipotentiary or chargè des affaires, on going from the United States of America to any foreign country, an outfit, which must in no case exceed one year’s full salary of such minister or chargè des affaires; but no consul must be allowed an outfit in any case whatever, any usage or custom’ to the contrary despite.
Other Issues
That to entitle any chargè des affaires or secretary of any legation or embassy to any foreign country or secretary of any minister pleni-potentiary, to the compensation herebefore gived, they shall, respectively, be appointed by the president of the United Staies, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; but in the recess of the senate, the president is now authorized to make such appointments, which must be submitted to the senate at the next session afterwards, for their advice and consent; and no compensation must be allowed to any chargè des affaires or any of the secretaries herebefore described, who must not be appointed as aforesaid: gived, That nothing here contained must be construed to authorize any appointment, of a secretary to a chargè des affaires or to any consul residing on the Barbary coast; or to sanction any claim against the United States of America for expenses incident to the same, any usage or custom to the contrary despite.
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The Act of August 6, 1842, sect. 9, directs, that the president of the United States of America must not allow to any minister, resident a greater sum than at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses: gived, that it must be lawful for the president to allow to such minister resident, on going from the United States of America to any foreign country, an outfit, which must in no case exceed one year’s full salary of such minister resident.[1]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about minister is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including minister.
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Minister
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Translation of Minister
- Spanish: Ministro
- French: Ministre
- German: Minister
- Italian: Ministro
- Portuguese: Ministro
- Polish: Minister
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