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Exterritoriality

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Exterritoriality, the condition of being considered outside the territory of the state in which a person resides and therefore not amenable to its laws. The most marked instance is that of an ambassador. See Oxf. Dict.; Dicey's Conflict of Laws; Westlake's International Law.

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