0 a group of officials who represent their government in a foreign country but who have less importance than an embassy:
At one stage the station, not far from the foreign legations, was connected to them by a tram line.
The latter had been allowed to continue, albeit under the supervision of a special commissioner for the four legations, as a sop to international public opinion.
As it was, each legation and province eventually ended up working out its own system.
The number of missions had increased from 39 to 54–16 embassies and 38 legations.
In those days, there were 39 foreign diplomatic missions, 9 of them embassies and 30 of them legations.
Will she encourage the ambassadors and the legations to listen carefully to priests and pastors?
In the past many of our embassies and legations were furnished by our wealthier ambassadors out of their own pockets.
Second, have the people who have been looking into economies at our embassies and legations had any success?
