Meanings
nounextraterritoriality (usually uncountable, plural extraterritorialities)
plural extraterritorialities
- uncountableusuallylawImmunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
Although both home country and host country extraterritoriality involve the extension of national law over foreign corporations, the two differ sharply in the nature of application.
1993, Phillip I. Blumberg, The Multinational Challenge to Corporation Law: The Search for a New Corporate Personality, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 187
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 治外法權 /治外法权
- 治外法權 /治外法权 (zhìwàifǎquán)immunity from the local laws of a certain area
Czech exteritorialita
- exteritorialitaimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Danish eksterritorialitet
- eksterritorialitetimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Finnish ekstraterritoriaalisuus
- ekstraterritoriaalisuusimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
French extraterritorialité
- extraterritorialitéimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
German Exterritorialität
- Exterritorialitätimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Greek ετεροδικία
- ετεροδικία (eterodikía)immunity from the local laws of a certain area
Hungarian területenkívüliség
- területenkívüliségimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Indonesian ekstrateritorialitas
- ekstrateritorialitasimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Italian extraterritorialità
- extraterritorialitàimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Japanese 治外法権
- 治外法権 (chigaihōken)immunity from the local laws of a certain area
Korean 치외법권
- 치외법권 (chioebeopgwon)immunity from the local laws of a certain area
Polish eksterytorialność
- eksterytorialnośćimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Portuguese extraterritorialidade
- extraterritorialidadeimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Romanian extrateritorialitate
- extrateritorialitateimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Russian экстерриториальность
- экстерриториальность (eksterritorialʹnostʹ)immunity from the local laws of a certain area
Slovak exteritorialita
- exteritorialitaimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Spanish extraterritorialidad
- extraterritorialidadimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Swedish exterritorialitet
- exterritorialitetimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Thai สิทธิสภาพนอกอาณาเขต
- สิทธิสภาพนอกอาณาเขตimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Welsh alltiriogaethedd
- alltiriogaetheddimmunity from the local laws of a certain area
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with extraterritoriality
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
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extraterritoriality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraterritoriality
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“extraterritoriality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraterritoriality. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraterritoriality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraterritoriality.
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