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EXTRATERRITORIALITY

Definition: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

EXTRATERRITORIALITY

Noun

1. 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.

2. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

DomainDefinition

Finance

A principle whereby a tax may be levied in one country on, for example, dividends distributed by a company established in another country, for the sole reason that such dividends have been paid, or are regarded as having been paid out of profits originating in the former country, normally based on the concept of source of income, and explicitly prohibited in Article 10(5)of the OECD model treaty. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Extraterritoriality

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Note: this article is a "stub" and currently contains little more than a definition of this term. It should be expanded to include explication of the problematical nature of extraterritoriality in international relations, examples of situations wherein extraterritoriality has provoked extreme animosity on the part of native citizens of the host country, examples of situations wherein said status was regarded as essential to preserving the safety of visiting citizens of other countries from a corrupt legal system, etc.

Extraterritoriality is the state of being exempt from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. For instance, a citizen of country A may enjoy extraterritoriality while visiting country B. In that case, this person cannot legally be tried by the courts of country B for some alleged crime.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Extraterritoriality."

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Synonym: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

Synonym: Exterritoriality. (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Conflicts of National Laws With International Business Activity: Issues of Extraterritoriality (reference)

  • Extraterritoriality in China : the case against abolition (reference)

  • National Laws and International Commerce: The Problem of Extraterritoriality (reference)

  • The end of extraterritoriality in China (reference)

  • United States Foreign Economic Policy Toward China, 1943-1946: From the End of Extraterritoriality to the Sino-American Commercial Treaty of 1946) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

"EXTRATERRITORIALITY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EXTRATERRITORIALITY" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

extraterritoriality

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

Language Translations for "EXTRATERRITORIALITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

eksterritorial (off-shore). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

extraterritorialiteit. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

eksterritoriaalisuus. (various references)

   

French

  

extra-territorialité, exterritorialité (exterritoriality). (various references)

   

German

  

Extraterritorialitätsprinzip. (various references)

   

Italian

  

extraterritorialità, estraterritorialità. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

治外法権 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ちがいほうけん. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

extraterritorialityay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

extraterritorialidad (exterritoriality). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dokunulmazlık (exterritoriality, extraterritorial, franchise, immunity, privacy, privilege), dış ülkede politik dokunulmazlık. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "EXTRATERRITORIALITY"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "EXTRATERRITORIALITY" (pronounced e'kstrute'rutô'rēa"lutē)
7-r ē a" l u t ēmateriality, reality, unreality.
6-ē a" l u t ēcollegiality, confidentiality, congeniality, geniality, impartiality, partiality, speciality, triviality.
5-a" l u t ēabnormality, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, commonality, conditionality, constitutionality, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, legality, duality, eventuality, fatality, finality, formality, frugality, functionality, generality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impersonality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, lethality, liberality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, personality, plurality, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, rationality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, universality, venality, vitality.
4-l u t ēacceptability, accessibility, ability, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, irresponsibility, irritability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability.
3-u t ēabsurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, laity, laxity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: EXTRATERRITORIALITY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-i-i-l-o-r-r-r-r-t-t-t-t-x-y"

-3 letters: exterritoriality, extraterritorial.

-5 letters: territoriality.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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