Full Powers is a term in international law and is the authority of a person to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of a sovereign state. Persons other than the head of state, head of government or foreign minister of the state must produce Full Powers in order to sign a treaty binding their government. Such a person is called a plenipotentiary.
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“Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.”
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With your harmonious choir
Encircle her I love and sing her into peace,
That my old care may cease....”
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