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Definition: extradition from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide

Surrender, by one state or country to another, of a person accused of a criminal offence in the state or country to which that person is extradited.

When two nations are involved, extradition is usually governed by a treaty between the two countries concerned. A country usually will not allow extradition for political offences or an offence that it does not treat as a crime, even though it is a crime in the requesting country.


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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ĕkstrӘdĭsh'Әn), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him. Its purpose is to prevent criminals who flee a country from escaping punishment. Extradition first became a common policy in the 19th cent. International law does not recognize extradition as an obligation in the absence of a treaty, and although a state may, as a matter of courtesy, refuse asylum to a fugitive and honor a request for extradition, virtually all extradition takes place under the authority of bilateral treaties. The provisions of each nation's treaties may differ greatly from those of another, and it should be noted that some treaties are formulated so that a nation is not obligated to extradite. Extradition treaties agreed to by the United States require evidence that would show the accused to have violated the laws of both the United States and the demanding country. Moreover extradition can occur only for an…
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From World of Criminal Justice, Gale
Extradition is the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state, to which the person has fled, to the state that seeks to prosecute or punish the person. Extradition can only occur if a state demands the return of the person and it must conform to laws that govern the process. In the…
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From Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States
Extradition refers to the involuntary or voluntary removal of a suspect from one jurisdiction to another jurisdiction for criminal prosecution. Two contentions are frequently raised regarding extradition. First, usually when a capital murder suspect is apprehended in a state that does not have…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
The first recorded instance of extradition procedures was in 1174 with a treaty between Henry II of England and William the Lion of Scotland to exchange criminals who had fled from one country to the other. In 1303 and 1497 similar agreements were made between England and the French and England and…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ĕkstrӘdĭsh'Әn), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him. Its purpose is to prevent criminals who flee a country from escaping punishment. Extradition first became a common policy in the 19th…
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From Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought
The delivery by one state to another of a person against whom the second state desires to proceed under its own criminal law. In the UK extradition is permitted only under statute, where there is an extradition treaty with the other state. In the US there can be inter-state extradition, governed by…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Process by which one state, at the request of another, returns a person for trial for a crime punishable by the laws of the requesting state and committed outside the state of refuge. Extradition is regulated within countries by extradition acts and between countries by treaties. Some principles of…
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Legally, to extradite means to send the person to another state seeking to prosecute a person accused of committing a crime within or against that other state. In 1957, the European Convention on Extradition invoked the principle of the attendant clause by making assaults on heads of state and their…
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From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
:the surrender of an accused usu. under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one sovereign (as a state or nation) to another that has jurisdiction to try the accused and that has demanded his or her return —see also asylum state —compare detainer , rendition ◇Article IV of the U.S. Constitution…
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