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Hughes, Sir Samuel (sh) and CREDENTIALS, international law (law)


Hughes, Sir Samuel (sh)




born Jan. 8, 1853, Darlington, Canada West
died Aug. 24, 1921, Lindsay, Ont., Can.

Canadian soldier and politician.

He was proprietor and editor of an Ontario newspaper from 1885 to 1897. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1892, sitting until 1921, except during the South African War (1899-1902), in which he served as a lieutenant colonel. In 1911 he became Canadian minister of militia and defense. At the start of World War I, he organized, trained, and equipped the Canadian Expeditionary Force for service in Europe. He was knighted in 1915.


CREDENTIALS, international law (law)


CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. They be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. They are, as it were, his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum are, as it were, his letter of attorney, his mandate patent, mandatum manifestum. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, Sec. 76. manifestum. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, Sec. 76.