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Webster 1913 Edition
Extraterritoriality
Exˊtra-terˊri-toˊri-al′i-ty
,Noun.
The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory
; esp. (Internat. Law)
, A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.
Wheaton.
Definition 2024
extraterritoriality
extraterritoriality
English
Noun
extraterritoriality (usually uncountable, plural extraterritorialities)
- (law, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
- (countable) A territory or space that is under the power of a certain area but not defined by its norms.
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Translations
immunity from the local laws of a certain area
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