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LETTER OF CREDENCE, international law. A written instrument addressed by the sovereign or chief magistrate of a state, to the sovereign or state to whom a public minister is sent, certifying his appointment as such, and the general objects of his mission, and requesting that full faith and credit may be given to what he shall do and say on the part of his court.
2. When it is given to an ambassador, envoy, or minister accredited to a sovereign, it is addressed to the sovereign or state to whom the minister is delegated in the case of a charge d'affaires, it is addressed by the secretary or minister of state charged with the department of foreign affairs to the minister of foreign affairs of the other government. Wheat. International Law, pt. 3, c. 1, Sec. 7; Wicquefort, de l'Ambassadeur, l. 1, Sec. 15.

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Charge' des affaires or charge' d'affaires			Byline: Lalit K Jha Afghanistan and Chile establish diplomatic relations Lalit K Jha - Jul 23, 2008 - 13:26 NEW YORK (PAN): The Afghan Ambassador to Canada Omar Samad presented his Letters of Credence to President Michelle Bachelet of Chile as part of a formal ceremony at the Moneda Palace, on Tuesday in Santiago. Afghanistan and Chile establish diplomatic relations by Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan) Vatican -- Receiving letters of credence from a new ambassador of Taiwan on January 30, 2004, the Holy Father declared that the religious and cultural conditions of Taiwan bear witness to the fact that human development should not be limited to economic or material success. Defend Taiwan's independence by Catholic Insight As such, he escorted TYT Pengiran Haji Mustapha bin Pengiran Metassan (NBD High Commissioner to the UK) when the latter presented his letters of credence to HM the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1990 (PB 19. Negara Brunei Darussalam: obituaries 2004 by Horton, A.V.M. / Borneo Research Bulletin			lethiferous letter Letter book Letter carrier letter in support Letter missive Letter of advice Letter of attorney Letter of credence letter of credit letter of introduction Letter of license Letter of marque and reprisal Letter of recall letter of recognition letter of recommendation Letter of recredentials letter of the law Letter Ruling letter writing lettered letters Letters ad colligendum bona de functi Letters close Letters of Administration letters of credence Letters of request Letters patent Letters rogatory Letters testamentary letting go letting off lettre de cachet letup levamentum levant Levant et couchant levanter levare Levari facias levatio Levees and Flood Control level level of attendance level of development level of education level of excellence level off level with level-headedness levelheaded			Lettern letterpress letterpress Letterpress printing Letterpress printing Letterpress printing letters letters letters letters letters Letters & Science Information Technology Letters ad colligendum bona de functi Letters and Cards Letters close Letters dimissory Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from the Earth Letters in Applied Microbiology letters missive letters missive Letters of Acceptance and Return letters of administration letters of administration letters of administration Letters of Assurance Letters of Bellerophon Letters of Bellerophon letters of comfort Letters of Comment letters of credence letters of credit letters of credit letters of credit letters of credit Letters of Determination Letters of Determination Letters of Determination Letters of Determination Letters of Guarantee Letters of horning Letters of Indemnity letters of intent letters of intent letters of intent Letters of John Letters of Junius Letters of Junius Letters of mark and reprisal letters of marque Letters of marque and reprisal Letters of Offers and Acceptance Data Letters of Paul To the Thessalonians Letters of Peter Letters of Recall Letters of Recall Letters of Recall Letters of Request Letters of St. Peter Letters of Testamentary Letters of Transmittal

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