corpus separatum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin.

Noun

corpus separatum (uncountable)

  1. A city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state.
    1. (historical) A proposed internationally-governed area encompassing the city of Jerusalem in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
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