Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Extraterritorial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to exterritoriality; not subject to the jurisdiction of the laws of the country in which one resides. Also
extraterritorial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective outside territorial limits or jurisdiction
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Examples
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This is sometimes described as "extra-territorial" (or "exterritorial") since governments often would serve non-contiguous parcels of land. - wikipedia / #1]
Mises Dailies 2009
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At this point, Case meets a mysterious CIA agent, Derek Stratton, who warns Case about the exterritorial plot to kidnap him and others. too.
Mystery Of Everyman’s Way: Paul Collins | SciFi UK Review 2009
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At this point, Case meets a mysterious CIA agent, Derek Stratton, who warns Case about the exterritorial plot to kidnap him and others. too.
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The Vatican is exterritorial, not according to Italian, but according to international law, as is clearly shown in the negotiations preceding its adoption.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Here there can be no explanations other than another instance of arrogant application by the United States in an exterritorial manner of its national American laws.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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Here there can be no explanations other than another instance of arrogant application by the United States in an exterritorial manner of its national American laws.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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Here there can be no explanations other than another instance of arrogant application by the United States in an exterritorial manner of its national American laws.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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These are the inclusion of the Free City of Danzig into the Third Reich and the permission to build an exterritorial motorway and a railway linking East Prussia and Germany proper.
Gates of Vienna 2009
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Here there can be no explanations other than another instance of arrogant application by the United States in an exterritorial manner of its national American laws.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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Here there can be no explanations other than another instance of arrogant application by the United States in an exterritorial manner of its national American laws.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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