Extradition definition:
The arrest and delivery of a fugitive wanted for a crime committed in another country, usually under the terms of a extradition treaty.
Wallace and Hollidy define extradition as follows: ...
Extradition - The surrender of an accused criminal by one state to the jurisdiction of another.
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Extradition: The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state, a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
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EXTRADITION - The surrender by one state to another of a person charged with a crime. This surrender is made in response to the demand of the latter state that the accused be returned to face the charge.
Extradition -The surrender of an accused criminal by one state to the jurisdiction of another.
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Extradition:
The arrest and delivery of a fugitive wanted for a crime committed in another country, usually under the terms of an extradition treaty.
EXTRADITION - EXTRADITE - This is the formal application process whereby the prosecuting authority of one jurisdiction seeks the turnover of a person who has been located in one state to the authorities in another state where that person has been ...
extradition - The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory, and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other.
extradition
n. the surrender by one country of a person charged with a crime in another country. International extradition is more difficult and is governed in many cases by treaty.
extradition: Bringing a person that is in custody in 1 state to the authorities of another state where that person has been accused or convicted of a crime.
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extradition The surrender of a criminal by a foreign state to which he has fled or taken refuge from prosecution, to the state within whose jurisdiction the crime was committed, upon the demand of the latter state.
EXTRADITION, civil law. The act of sending, by authority of law, a person accused of a crime to a foreign jurisdiction where it was committed, in' order that he may be tried there. Merl. Rep. h. t.
Extradition
Extradition is the arrest and return of a person in one country or state for a crime committed in another country or state. Extradition treaties and agreements exist between many governments.
extradition
The process used when a person in one state or country has committed a crime in another state or country, and is to be taken into custody and sent for trial to the place where the offence allegedly occurred (verb: to extradite).
Extradition
Definition - Noun
[French, from Latin ex- out + traditio act of handing over, from tradere to hand over]
: the surrender of an accused usu.
Extradition
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by exercise of the crown's prerogative; but in modern English practice, whenever it seems necessary to expel foreigners (see EXPULSION), a special act of parliament has to be obtained for the purpose, unless the case falls within the extradition acts ...
Uniform Extradition and Rendition Act (1980)
Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (1978) (1982)
Uniform Fiduciaries Act (1922)
Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act (1989)
Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act (1962) ...
Warren Jeffs waives his extradition hearing, and will be extradited to Washington County, Utah, where he will first face charges as an accomplice to bigamy and rape in arranging polygamous marriages between older men and underage girls.
Many extradition laws also call the suspect a "fugitive" although, in that context, it does not necessarily mean that the suspect was trying to hide in the country from which extradition is being sought.
Between most nations there are treaties of extradition providing for the mutual surrender of fugitives from justice, ...
asylum : protection from arrest and extradition given esp. to political refugees by a nation or by an embassy or other agency that has diplomatic immunity ...
to voluntarily give up something, including not enforcing a term of a contract (such as insisting on payment on an exact date), or knowingly giving up a legal right such as a speedy trial, a jury trial or a hearing on extradition (the transfer to ...
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