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In international law, extraterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Historically, this primarily applied to individuals, as jurisdiction was usually claimed on peoples rather than on lands. Extraterritoriality can also be partly … See more
In the past, pre-modern states generally claimed sovereignty over persons, creating something known as personal jurisdiction. As people move between borders, this led, in the framework of a territorial … See more
14th century
During the 13th and 14th centuries, the Italian sea republics of Genoa, Venice and Pisa obtained … See moreContrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions do not generally enjoy full extraterritorial status and are not sovereign territory … See more
• Bickers, Robert, and Isabella Jackson, eds. Treaty Ports in Modern China: Law, Land and Power (Routledge, 2016).
• Cassel, Pär (2012). … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - More about extraterritorialityextraterritoriality✕PlayDEFINITION
- noun form of extraterritorial
ex·tra·ter·ri·to·ri·al✕PlayADJECTIVEextraterritorial (adjective) · extra-territorial (adjective)- (of a law or decree) valid outside a country's territory:"an extraterritorial decree of assassination from abroad"
- denoting the freedom of an ambassador or other embassy staff from the jurisdiction of the territory of residence:"foreign embassies have extraterritorial rights"
- situated outside a country's territory:"extraterritorial industrial zones"
ORIGINmid 19th century: from Latin extra territorium ‘outside the territory’ + -al.Data from Oxford Languages - People also ask
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