extrality
📖 Definitions
noun
Exemption from local laws
the privilege of living in a foreign
country, but subject only to the home country’s jurisdiction.
💬 Usage Examples
“Numerous Americans ... went to great lengths to seek exemption from US jurisdiction, preferring to deal with the Chinese authorities; in the 1920s, American missionaries even asked the State Department to have extrality suspended -- without success.” Lucian W.
Pye; Recent Books on International Relations; Foreign Affairs (New York); Jan/Feb 2002.