extraditionn.
/ɛkstrəˈdɪʃən/ 1. The action of giving up (a person) to the authorities of a foreign state; esp. the delivery of a fugitive criminal to the authorities of the state in which the crime was committed. Hence in gen. sense: Surrender (of a prisoner) by one authority to another.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > giving up to authorities of foreign state
extradition1854
1854 T. De Quincey Casuistry (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 308 If the law of extradition should remain unchanged.
1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 161 A demand for (we must use a foreign and un-English word to express an un-English thing) the extradition of Mazzini.
1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 52 (title) An Act for amending the Law relating to the Extradition of Criminals.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xli. 336 They wished to make sure of the extradition of their victim.
2. The process of localizing a sensation at a distance from the centre of sensation.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > localizing of sensation > [noun]
extradition1874
projection1887
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. v. 186 A kind of extradition of the visual sensation.
1887 W. James in Mind 12 205 Extradition obtains..even of such sensations as we locate on the exact sensory surfaces where the nerves terminate.
Compounds
C1. attributive (sense 1), as extradition act, extradition clause, extradition crime.
ΚΠ
1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 52 §1 This Act may be cited as ‘The Extradition Act 1870’.
1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 52 §26 An extradition crime.
1875 P. Le P. Renouf Egypt. Gram. 35 These words occur in the extradition clause of the Treaty between Rameses II and the king of Cheta.
C2.
extradition treaty n. a treaty by which two nations mutually bind themselves to surrender any fugitive criminal who has committed in the other's territory any of certain specified offences.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > specific treaties
Partition treaty1703
assiento1714
Family Compact1741
extradition treaty1852
Geneva Protocol1922
Antarctic Treaty1948
Dayton1995
1852 A. Lawrence Official Desp. to D. Webster The proposition..to conclude an extradition treaty with the United States.
Derivatives
extraˈdition v. (transitive) to bring (a criminal) under the operation of an extradition treaty.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > surrender to foreign authorities
extradite1864
extradition1889
1889 Sc. Leader 18 Apr. 5 Barton..obstructed extradition process until quite recently, when he was successfully extraditioned.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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