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extraterritoriality

Extraterritoriality is defined as being free from the jurisdiction of the location where you live so you can't be subject to legal action.

(noun)

When a diplomat cannot be prosecuted in the courts where he is living, this is an example of extraterritoriality.

See extraterritoriality in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

freedom from the jurisdiction of the country in which one is living, as in the case of foreign diplomats
jurisdiction of a country over its citizens in foreign lands

See extraterritoriality in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Exemption from local legal jurisdiction, such as that granted to foreign diplomats.

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