corpus comitatus

corpus comitatus (kor-p[schwa]s kom-[schwa]-tay-t[schwa]s). [Latin “the body of a county”] Hist. The area within a territorial jurisdiction rather than on the “high seas” and hence where admiralty jurisdiction did not originally extend. See INFRA CORPUS COMITATUS.

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词条贡献者

法律翻译Vivian，毕业于美国顶尖的翻译学院，专注翻译各类与水利资源有关的法律文件。