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exterritoriality

exterritoriality

9.9
Being free from local laws, usually for diplomats at embassies
  • noun
  • /ˌɛkstəˌtɛriˈɔlɪti/
  • Formal
translation icon : extraterritorialidad
  • Diplomats are often granted exterritoriality to protect them from local prosecution.

Examples

  • Many embassies operate under the principle of exterritoriality.

  • Some international organizations operate under exterritoriality, allowing them to remain exempt from local regulations.

  • The embassy staff enjoyed exterritoriality while working in the foreign capital.

  • Some international organizations operate under exterritoriality in host countries.

  • The concept of exterritoriality is crucial for diplomats.

  • Diplomats are often granted exterritoriality to protect them from local prosecution.

  • The embassy staff enjoyed exterritoriality while working in the foreign capital.

Synonyms

diplomatic immunity
vsexterritoriality
  • Specialized
15 7.4

A special legal status that stops foreign diplomats from being tried or taxed in the country where they work

is broader, applying to exemption from local law beyond envoy specific status
extraterritoriality
vsexterritoriality
  • Formal
9.9

People are not subject to a country's laws, for example diplomats

is focused on exemption that comes especially from foreign representative status

Surface Forms

exterritoriality singular
exterritorialities plural

Morphology

exterritoriality = exterritorial (semi-transparent) = ex + territory + ial + ity

Adding '-ity' to the adjective 'exterritorial' regularly forms an abstract noun meaning the state or condition of being exterritorial.

Etymology

Exterritoriality comes from ex- meaning 'out' and territory meaning 'land'. Think of an embassy as a piece of land treated as 'outside' the host country where diplomats are safe from local law, so exterritoriality means being free from local law, often for diplomats.