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nounthe post or office of legate
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nouna permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
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- answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- deny deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- plead make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
- legate a member of a legation
- grievance an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- traverse deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- probative tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
- devolution the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- diplomatic pouch a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office
- official emissary a member of a legation