extraterritorial
Americanadjective
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beyond local territorial jurisdiction, as the status of persons resident in a country but not subject to its laws.
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pertaining to such persons.
adjective
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beyond the limits of a country's territory
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of, relating to, or possessing extraterritoriality
Other Word Forms
- extraterritorially adverb
- quasi-extraterritorial adjective
- quasi-extraterritorially adverb
Etymology
Origin of extraterritorial
First recorded in 1865–70; extra- + territorial
Example Sentences
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He said the EU’s online-content law was adopted democratically by the EU and doesn’t have an extraterritorial effect.
The case marks the first attempt to apply the law “extraterritorially” to stymie a lawsuit brought in a country outside the European Union.
For example, its new regime of export controls for critical minerals, scheduled to take effect Nov. 8, included its first assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
From Barron's
Yes, but this does not hold extraterritorial jurisdiction.
From BBC
The defense had earlier disputed whether the magistrate's court had extraterritorial jurisdiction over the posts she published aboard, but they abandoned the dispute as she didn't remove the content.
From Reuters
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