extraterritoriality
noun
ex·tra·ter·ri·to·ri·al·i·ty
ˌek-strə-ˌter-ə-ˌtȯr-ē-ˈa-lə-tē 
: exemption from the application or jurisdiction of local law or tribunals
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Texas has vowed to pursue these cases regardless of those laws, and legal experts are divided on where the courts may land on this issue, which involves extraterritoriality, interstate commerce and other thorny legal questions last meaningfully addressed before the Civil War.
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Eleanor Klibanoff, Them, 16 Dec. 2024
Such a discussion should be in the context of extraterritoriality requirements these countries place on EU companies.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
The Commerce Department wrote a highly complex rule for Huawei alone, asserting extraterritoriality on all items sold to the company that are based on U.S. technologies, even if they were produced by foreign firms overseas.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
The extraterritoriality is in line with the approach taken under Hong Kong’s national security law, which covers everyone on earth.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 21 July 2021
To this day, the palace belongs to the Vatican, and enjoys extraterritoriality, as the Vatican flag fluttering from its façade shows.
—Ilaria Maria Sala, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2020
One answer was extraterritoriality: Cushing sought a guarantee that Americans accused of crimes on Chinese soil would be tried in American courts.
—Yoni Wilkenfeld, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
But as the Supreme Court has explained, the mere fact that statutory language could plausibly apply to extraterritorial conduct does not suffice to overcome the presumption against extraterritoriality.
—Ashby Jones, WSJ, 9 July 2018
The new law would resolve the extraterritoriality question in the government’s favor, likely rendering the Supreme Court case moot.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2018
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Eleanor Klibanoff, Them, 16 Dec. 2024
Such a discussion should be in the context of extraterritoriality requirements these countries place on EU companies.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
The Commerce Department wrote a highly complex rule for Huawei alone, asserting extraterritoriality on all items sold to the company that are based on U.S. technologies, even if they were produced by foreign firms overseas.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
The extraterritoriality is in line with the approach taken under Hong Kong’s national security law, which covers everyone on earth.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 21 July 2021
To this day, the palace belongs to the Vatican, and enjoys extraterritoriality, as the Vatican flag fluttering from its façade shows.
—Ilaria Maria Sala, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2020
One answer was extraterritoriality: Cushing sought a guarantee that Americans accused of crimes on Chinese soil would be tried in American courts.
—Yoni Wilkenfeld, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
But as the Supreme Court has explained, the mere fact that statutory language could plausibly apply to extraterritorial conduct does not suffice to overcome the presumption against extraterritoriality.
—Ashby Jones, WSJ, 9 July 2018
The new law would resolve the extraterritoriality question in the government’s favor, likely rendering the Supreme Court case moot.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2018
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extraterritoriality
noun
ex·tra·ter·ri·to·ri·al·i·ty
ˌek-strə-ˌter-ə-ˌtōr-ē-ˈa-lə-tē
: exemption from the application or jurisdiction of local law or tribunals
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