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/ˌɛkstrədˈɪʃən/ Listen

Extradition

noun

The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty).

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"Extradition" Quotes from Famous Books

... I had a passenger, Joe Cummins, a marshal of New Mexico, en route to Washington to get extradition papers for a man who had run away to Canada, Joe was as full of mischief as a "young mule." I had three other passengers and Joe Cummins kept them laughing all the way into Bent's Old Fort, the junction ...

— The Second William Penn - A true account of incidents that happened along the - old Santa Fe Trail • William H. Ryus

... so in this case. I will explain. An application has been made for your extradition by the ...

— The Hero of Ticonderoga - or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys • John de Morgan

... ceased to exist in England, though the removal or exclusion of undesirable persons from British territory, under various Orders in Council, is possible in places subject to the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, and in the case of criminals under the Extradition Acts. ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various

... Tsar that an agreement should be concluded with Germany providing for the special surveillance of Jewish activities on the lines of a secret Protocol which had been drawn up by the two Powers on March 14, 1904, for the similar surveillance and extradition of Anarchists.[55] At the same time the Count suggested that the Pope should be asked to adhere to this new Holy Alliance. This strange proposal was approved by the Tsar, who ordered the immediate initiation of negotiations with the Wilhelmstrasse. In due course this instruction was ...

— Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question • Lucien Wolf

Words linked to "Extradition" : surrender, extradite