consulate (konsulat)

[F. consul at =SP. Pg. consul a do = It. consol a to = D. konsulaat = G. consul at = Dan. Sw. konsulat, word. After the Alexandrian expedition the Venetians, whose commerce was suffering, prevailed on treat for a peace with Egypt, which was to establish Cypriot consu lates and reduce the customs in the ports of the Levant. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 195. 2. In international law: ( a ) The office or jurisdiction of a consul. By this [the law of 1855] the President was ordered to make new appointments to all the consulates , which were thereby declared vacant. Schuyler, American Diplomacy, p. 45. (b) The premises officially occupied by a consul.-3. Government by a consul or consuls; specifically, the government which existed in France from the overthrow of the Directory, November 9th, 1799, to the establishment of the empire, May 18th, 1804. See consul, 2. Would not the world have thought. that the courage I exerted in my consulate was merely accidental? W. Melmoth , tr. of Cicero, VI. i. consulate-general (kon'sū-lat-jen'e-ral), n . The office or jurisdiction of a consul-general. The Italian Government has from time immemorial refused to recognize a consul as a diplomatic officer, and even, until Mr. Marsh induced them to relax the rule, to allow the consulate - general of any foreign country to be established in the same place as its legation. The Nation , Dec. 6, 1883.