extraterritorialitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌek.strəˌter.ɪˌtɔː.riˈæl.ə.ti/us/ˌek.strəˌter.əˌtɔːr.iˈæl.ə.t̬i/specializedthe right of foreign citizens to be tried by the laws of the country they are from, not the laws of the country where they live
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legislative assembly
- legitimate
- passage
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rescission
- rider
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Examples from literature
- The empire, torn by internecine warfare, surrendered many of its essential prerogatives to foreigners, and by accepting the principle of extraterritoriality prepared the road to ultimate collapse.
- This little suburb enjoys all the privileges of extraterritoriality, and even the French Minister to Belgium goes through the motions of being accredited to a foreign Government in his country.
- Under no circumstances can the representatives of this Government be permitted, under the ill-defined fiction of extraterritoriality, to interrupt the administration of criminal justice in the countries to which they are accredited.