Former legation of the Qajar dynasty in Washington, D.C.

A legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. The distinction between a legation and embassy was dropped following the Second World War, as all diplomatic representative offices were now designated as embassies, or high commissions.

A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a chief officer.

[edit] See also

• Beijing Legation Quarter
• American Legation, Tangier
• Concession (territory)
• Papal Legations — Certain administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna.
• Villa Lituania

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