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Extra Territorium

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Beyond or without the territory. 6 Bin. 353; 2 Kent, Comm. 407, Extra territorium jus dicenti impune non parefur. One who exercises jurisdiction out of his territery is not obeyed with impanity.

Dig. 2, 1,20; Branch, Prine.; 10 Coke, 77.

He who exercises judicial authority beyond his proper limits cannot be obeyed with safety.