Adlegation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adlegation \Ad`le*ga"tion\, n. [L. adlegatio, allegatio, a
     sending away; fr. adlegare, allegare, to send away with a
     commission; ad in addition + legare to send as ambassador.
     Cf. {Allegation}.]
     A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire
     of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in


     public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of
     the empire. --Encyc. Brit.
     [1913 Webster]