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Extradition
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Example Sentences
- And extradition remains as much a political, as a legal, procedure.
- It also rejected the argument that extradition was disproportionate to the potential crime involved.
- Extradition is mainly a political matter though it has elements of law.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
extradition
1839, from Fr. extradition apparently a coinage of Voltaire's, from L. ex- "out" + traditio (gen. traditionis) "a delivering up, handing over," from tradere "to hand over."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
extradition [(ek-struh-dish-uhn)]The legal process by which one government may obtain custody of individuals from another government in order to put them on trial or imprison them.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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