extraterritoriality
noun
immunity from the jurisdiction of a nation, granted to foreign diplomatic officials, foreign warships, etc.
exterritoriality
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a variation of
extraterritoriality.
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a word derived from
exterritorial.
Example Sentences
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One of the first counter-moves to foreign insistence on exterritoriality was the restricting of passports to a fortnight's time.
From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Percival Lowell
The system lent itself easily to abuse and fraud, chiefly because exterritoriality in the countries in which it was exercised generally carried with it immunity not only from arbitrary exactions but also from ordinary taxation.
From Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question by Lucien Wolf
There is, however, this difference, that the exterritoriality of the latter not being, like that of embassies, a derived one, there seems to be no ground for limitation of it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
It is well to remind you that under the exterritoriality clause of our treaty with China, all Americans in China are under the protection and control of our consular representatives.
From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Bell
In their case the exterritoriality attaches to the vessel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
