Bible Dictionaries
Extraterritoriality
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory
(2):
(n.) A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Extraterritoriality'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/extraterritoriality.html. 1828.