Legation

·noun A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

II. Legation ·noun The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.

III. Legation ·noun The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.

IV. Legation ·noun A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.