extraterritorial
adjective/ˌekstrəterəˈtɔːriəl/
/ˌekstrəterəˈtɔːriəl/
- (of a law) that also applies outside the country where the law was madeWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin extra territorium ‘outside the territory’ + -al.
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