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usually uncountable, plural extraterritorialities
(law, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation. quotations examples
Although both home country and host country extraterritoriality involve the extension of national law over foreign corporations, the two differ sharply in the nature of application.
1993, Phillip I. Blumberg, The Multinational Challenge to Corporation Law: The Search for a New Corporate Personality, Oxford University Press, page 187
(countable) A territory or space that is under the power of a certain area but not defined by its norms. examples