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exequatur|ɛksɪˈkweɪtə(r)|
[a. L. exequātur he may perform, 3rd pers. sing. pres. subj. of exequī (see execute).]
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.
1788T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 498 There shall be delivered to them..the Exequatur necessary for the exercise of their functions. 1826Kent Comm. 43 If any consul be guilty of illegal or improper conduct, he is liable to have his exequatur..revoked. 1879Daily 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.
1859Prescott Philip II, III. 365 The councils in those states..refused to allow the publication of his bulls without the royal exequatur. 1885Catholic Dict. s.v., The Roman Pontiff..allows Italian bishops..to apply for the exequatur to the sovereign..as the de facto occupant of power. |