exequatur

[ ek-si-kwey-ter, -kwot-er ]

noun

1. a written recognition of a consul, issued by the government of the state in which the consul is stationed, giving authorization to exercise appropriate powers.
2. an authorization granted by a secular ruler for the publication of papal bulls or other ecclesiastical enactments to give them binding force.

exequatur

/ ˌɛksɪˈkweɪtə /

noun

1. an official authorization issued by a host country to a consular agent, permitting him to perform his official duties
2. an act by which the civil governments of certain nations permit the laws of the Roman Catholic Church to take effect in their territories

Word History and Origins

Origin of exequatur¹

First recorded in 1780–90; from Latin: literally, “he may perform,” 3rd person singular present subjunctive of ex(s)equī; exequy

Word History and Origins

Origin of exequatur¹

C18: from Latin, literally: let him perform, from exequī to perform, from ex- ¹+ sequī to follow

Example Sentences

Under the reform the legal principle of "exequatur" will be removed.

From BBC

The exequatur system means that a judgment given in one member state does not automatically take effect in another.

From BBC

Letters of King Robert in 1334 and 1335 and of Joanna I. in 1342 and 1343 show that inquisitors continued to be appointed and to receive the royal exequatur, but they were limited to making fifty arrests each, and record of these was required to be entered in the royal courts; they had no jails, and the royal officials received their prisoners and tortured them when called upon.

From Project Gutenberg

Exequatur of on Inquisitor for Champagne.

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He seems to have taken no part in the efforts of the papacy, and without the imperial exequatur the commissions issued to inquisitors had but moderate chance of enjoying the respect and obedience of the prelates.

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