extradition

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The pair faced Magistrate Gordon Lerve at Albury Local Court on Thursday where a police application for their extradition was approved.

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  1. noun Legal surrender of a fugitive to the jurisdiction of another state, country, or government for trial.

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  • It would then formally apply for his extradition, a spokeswoman said. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini expressed "surprise and great regret" that the extradition was blocked and said he urged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to push for a reversal of the decision. —  NYT > Global Home
  • An El Dorado County woman accused of killing her husband and fleeing to Utah has waived extradition, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department said. —  KCRA.com - Local News
  • If Israel had a better track record of extradition - which would need to include a much better track record of arresting people whose extradition is pending - a signed waiver of extradition would be useful for removing the Law of Return as a factor. —  FailedMessiah.com
  • On 20 January, his legal team had been due to present an oral case for permission to apply for a judicial review on his extradition, partly on the basis the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome had not yet been made at the time his extradition was granted. —  BBC News | Technology | World Edition
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  1. French : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin trāditiō, trāditiōn-, a handing over; see tradition.

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  1. from French extradition = Spanish extradicion, from Latin ex, out, + traditio(n-), a giving up, from traditus, past participle of tradere, give up, give over: see tradition.
 

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