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extraterritorial

extraterritorial

1 9.5
Outside a country's normal area where its laws apply, for example an embassy
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛkstrəˈtɛriˌtɔriəl/
  • Formal
translation icon : extraterritorial
  • The legislation's extraterritorial punitive measures risk major quarrels with Canada, Mexico, Russia, and the European Union.
  • extraterritorial measures
  • extraterritorial jurisdiction
  • extraterritorial reach

Domestically, Chang has earned the plaudits for expelling the Japanese and ending most Western extraterritorial claims.

Examples

  • Every embassy in a foreign country has extraterritorial rights.

    The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

  • The reach of this legislation is broad and is extraterritorial in its application.

    Academic text (1994)

  • We are talking about an extraterritorial act in violation of international law.

    Academic text (1998)

  • However, much more daunting changes would be required to allow for extraterritorial reach of some competition laws.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The courts have not yet ruled on the extraterritorial reach of CERCLA.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Part III examines the extraterritorial reach of United States laws to hazardous waste sites in Canada.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Positive comity referrals are thus efficient; they eliminate duplicative enforcement efforts and decrease concerns about extraterritorial enforcement.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Every embassy in a foreign country enjoys extraterritorial rights that protect its staff from local laws.

  • This new regulation has an extraterritorial impact, applying the country's laws beyond its borders.

  • The concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction allows a nation to enforce its laws outside its own territory.

Synonyms

exterritorial
vsextraterritorial
  • Formal
9.9

Not under the laws of the country where it is located, for example an embassy

applies when a law or right takes effect beyond a territory's jurisdiction

Antonyms

territorial
81 5.3

Relating to a particular area or the land of a country

Surface Forms

extraterritorial positive

Morphology

extraterritorial = territorial (transparent) = extra + territory + al

The adjective is formed by adding the productive prefix 'extra-' to 'territorial', so the sense 'outside/beyond the territory' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Extraterritorial comes from two parts: extra, meaning 'outside' or 'beyond', and territorial, from territory meaning 'land' or 'area'. So, something extraterritorial exists or happens 'outside' the normal borders or laws of a country, like an embassy space that is treated as outside the host country's control.