extraterritorial
adjective
ex·tra·ter·ri·to·ri·al
ˌek-strə-ˌter-ə-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
: existing or taking place outside the territorial limits of a jurisdiction
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Lawyers for the developers have said that because the warehouse is in Bee Cave’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, the developers don’t have to report site plans to the city nor get its approval.
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Naina Srivastava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
If your country has already adopted extraterritorial or discriminatory taxes, pass legislation to remove them.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
These non-state groups are primarily coordinated through the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, its extraterritorial missions arm founded in 1988.
—Nakissa Jahanbani, The Conversation, 20 June 2025
The United States, United Kingdom, and EU should continue to develop new anticorruption measures with extraterritorial reach, such as extending the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and enforcing the United Kingdom’s new Unexplained Wealth Orders.
—Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2021
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Naina Srivastava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
If your country has already adopted extraterritorial or discriminatory taxes, pass legislation to remove them.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
These non-state groups are primarily coordinated through the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, its extraterritorial missions arm founded in 1988.
—Nakissa Jahanbani, The Conversation, 20 June 2025
The United States, United Kingdom, and EU should continue to develop new anticorruption measures with extraterritorial reach, such as extending the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and enforcing the United Kingdom’s new Unexplained Wealth Orders.
—Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2021
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extraterritorial
adjective
ex·tra·ter·ri·to·ri·al
ˌek-strə-ˌter-ə-ˈtōr-ē-əl
: existing or taking place outside the territorial limits of a jurisdiction
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