Extraterritoriality

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Extraterritoriality Definition

That quality of laws which makes them operate beyond the territory of the power enacting them, upon certain persons or certain rights. See Wheaton, Int. Law (6th Ed.) 121 et seq.

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That quality of laws which makes them operate beyond the territory of the power enacting them, upon certain persons or certain rights. See Wheaton, Int. Law (6th Ed.) 121 et seq.

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Extraterritoriality

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled EXTRATERRITORIALITYAround the turn of the century, the Supreme Court placed strict territorial limits on the application of United States constitutional and statutory law. In the case of In re Ross (1891) the Court held that a citizen could be tried by an American consular court, without indictment
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According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled EXTRATERRITORIALITY At the start of the twentieth century, both federal legislation and the U.S. Constitution were presumed to apply only within the territory of the United States. In the case of In re Ross (1891) , the Supreme Court stated that “[t]he Constitution can have no operation in
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  • Abuse of Process
  • International Judicial Assistance in Civil Matters
  • International Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters
  • International Judicial Assistance in Administrative Matters
  • Cross-Border Discovery
  • Abroad Evidence

Extraterritoriality in the International Business Landscape

Definition of Extraterritoriality in the context of U.S. international business and public trade policy: Application of a country’s laws to activities occur-ring outside its borders.

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