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Definition: EXTRATERRITORIALITY |
EXTRATERRITORIALITYNoun1. 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 |
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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) |
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(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.
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Synonym: EXTRATERRITORIALITYSynonym: Exterritoriality. (additional references) |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
extraterritoriality | 13 |
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| 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) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "EXTRATERRITORIALITY" (pronounced e'kstrute'rutô'rēa"lutē) |
| 7 | -r ē a" l u t ē | materiality, reality, unreality. |
| 6 | -ē a" l u t ē | collegiality, confidentiality, congeniality, geniality, impartiality, partiality, speciality, triviality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, 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 ē | acceptability, 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 ē | absurdity, 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. |
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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. | |
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