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Extraterritoriality Ek Struh Ter I Tor Ee Al I Tee Noun Exemption Jurisdiction Local Law Granted

Front extraterritoriality \ek-struh-ter-i-tor-ee-AL-i-tee\
Back noun
Exemption from the jurisdiction of local law, granted to foreign diplomats.

[From Latin extra- (outside) + territorium (land around a town), from terra (land).]

"Henry McMaster also said he plans to argue that the extraterritoriality principle bars one state from passing laws that would affect people in other states."

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