What Does Extraterritoriality Mean?

In international law, extraterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Historically, this primarily applied to individuals, as jurisdiction was usually claimed on peoples rather than on lands.

What does extraterritoriality mean example?

Extraterritoriality is defined as being free from the jurisdiction of the location where you live so you can't be subject to legal action. When a diplomat cannot be prosecuted in the courts where he is living, this is an example of extraterritoriality.

What extraterritoriality means?

Extraterritoriality, also called exterritoriality, or diplomatic immunity, in international law, the immunities enjoyed by foreign states or international organizations and their official representatives from the jurisdiction of the country in which they are present.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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