noun
- A document issued by a government recognizing a foreign consul or consular officer as having the right to exercise consular functions within its territory.
Usage: formal; diplomatic; plural of exequatur
Examples
- The ambassador presented the exequaturs to the foreign ministry to officially recognize the new consular staff.
- Several exequaturs were issued to the consulates following the diplomatic agreement.
- Without proper exequaturs, the consular officers cannot legally perform their duties.
- The government granted exequaturs to establish the new embassy's consular operations.