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Extraterritorial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Located outside territorial boundaries: fishing in extraterritorial waters.

adj. Of or relating to persons exempt from the legal jurisdiction of the country in which they reside.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of a section of territory, not being subject to the laws of the local country; of or pertaining to extraterritoriality

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Same as exterritorial.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. outside territorial limits or jurisdiction

Word Usage

"In many cases, like Mebane, the municipality still retains control over the adjoining but unincorporated neighborhoods through a process called extraterritorial jurisdiction ETJ."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

exterritorial

Rhyme

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advertorial ambassadorial arboreal conspiratorial curatorial

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