extraterritoriality
English
[edit]Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros
Proto-Italic *eksteros
Latin exter
Latin extrā
English extra-
English territorial
English extraterritorial
English extraterritoriality
From extraterritorial + -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˌtɔː.ɹɪˈæl.ɪ.ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˌtɔ.ɹiˈæl.ɪ.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ælɪti
Noun
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extraterritoriality (usually uncountable, plural extraterritorialities)
- (law, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
- 1993, Phillip I. Blumberg, The Multinational Challenge to Corporation Law: The Search for a New Corporate Personality, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 187:
- Although both home country and host country extraterritoriality involve the extension of national law over foreign corporations, the two differ sharply in the nature of application.
- (countable) A territory or space that is under the power of a certain area but not defined by its norms.
Synonyms
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[edit]immunity from the local laws of a certain area
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