Definitions for "Extraterritoriality"
The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory
A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.
The application of national laws, policies and practices beyond the national frontier. For example, the United States practices the extraterritorial application of its laws in the area of antitrust and strategic export controls through its influences over the head offices of US-owned multinational enterprises.