- 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
Extraterritoriality is defined as being free from the jurisdiction of the location where you live so you can't be subject to legal action.
When a diplomat cannot be prosecuted in the courts where he is living, this is an example of extraterritoriality.
- The operation of the law of a state or country outside of its physical boundaries.
- Exemption from local legal jurisdiction, such as that granted to foreign diplomats.
- Constitution and Government .T he - Vatican palace itself twith St Peters), the Lateran palace, and the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo have secured to them the privilege of extraterritoriality by the law of 1871.
- A further point decided was that the owners or master of dhows duly authorized to fly the French flag within the ruling of the first point, did not enjoy, in consequence of that fact, any such right of extraterritoriality as would exempt them from the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the sultan.