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note verbale
noun
note ver·bale
Definition of note verbale
notes verbales
: a diplomatic note that is more formal than an aide-mémoire and less formal than a note, is drafted in the third person, and is never signed
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Origin and Etymology of note verbale
French, literally, verbal note
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