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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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
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 right of granting asylum claimed by diplomatic agents in virtue of that of exterritoriality, at one time much abused, is now strictly limited.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
It had something of the exterritoriality of the same position in the Turkish empire.
From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by William James Stillman
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
