Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extraterritorial \Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al\ ([e^]ks`tr[.a]*t[e^]r`r[i^]*t[=o]"r[i^]*al), a. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
a. of a section of territory, not being subject to the laws of the local country; of or pertaining to extraterritoriality
WordNet
adj. outside territorial limits or jurisdiction; "fishing in extraterritorial waters"; "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights" [syn: exterritorial] [ant: territorial]
Usage examples of "extraterritorial".
The copyright and patent laws do not have, of their own force, any extraterritorial operation.
An official declaration of the Russian government itself settled the question of the extraterritorial operation of the Russian decree of nationalization and was binding on American courts.
Closely analogous to the territorial courts are extraterritorial and consular courts created in the exercise of the foreign relations power.
State capable of foreclosing an action for maintenance or support in another may be different from that required to alter the marital status with extraterritorial effect.
When and if this day arrives, State statutes and judicial decisions will be given such extraterritorial operation as seems reasonable to the Court to give them.
Accordingly, laws passed to carry into effect treaties granting extraterritorial rights were not rendered unconstitutional by the fact that they did not secure to an accused the right to trial by jury.
Foreign courts administered extraterritorial law and foreign post offices distributed extraterritorial mail.
Treaty Ports, many located in the interior on rivers, the foreign Customs Officer in uniform was a familiar presence and an extraterritorial area was set aside for foreign business and residence.
Enterprise Zones are treated as extraterritorial and beyond the laws of Quebec.
The Office of Extraterritorial Intelligence was meant to be the coldly determined branch of the Admiralty that was to keep watch on all aspects of a program that suddenly seemed to need watching desperately.
When the Office of Extraterritorial Intelligence was finally put into operation it had a total complement of fifteen men, six horses and some sub-standard stationery.
I have for you is, who the hell gave you the authority to barge in on an extraterritorial facility?
He knows quite well, though he may not say so, that the Corot trees, though they do not dwell upon margins, are in spirit almost as extraterritorial as the rushes.
If they accept, you will have to sever this part of the embassy, making it extraterritorial and not a part of Kalinda.
Moreover, governments throughout the world have become more assertive in exercising territorial jurisdiction over the hitherto ostensibly extraterritorial Net.