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Extradition

Extradition

Extradition in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of extradition.

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  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Policeman
  • Law Enforcement Agency

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English Legal System: Extradition

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Extradition :

The surrender by one state to another of a person accused of committing an offence in the latter. Extradition from the UK relates to surrender to foreign states (Compare fugitive offender) and is governed by the Extradition Act 1989. There must be an *extradition treaty between the UK and the state requiring the surrender. The offence alleged must be a crime in the UK as well as in the requesting state, it must be both covered by the treaty and within the list of extraditable offences contained in the Act itself, and it must not be of a political character.

See also double criminality.

Meaning of Extradition in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Extradition published by the National Association for Court Management: The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state, a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.

A treaty-provided process of requesting a wanted person by one state when that person is located in another state.

A treaty-provided process of requesting a wanted person by one state when that person is located in another state.

Extradition

Hierarchical Display of Extradition

Law > Criminal law > Criminal law > International criminal law
Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > Terrorism
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > Judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU > European arrest warrant

Meaning of Extradition

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Law > Criminal law > Criminal law > International criminal law > Extradition
Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > Terrorism > Extradition
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > Judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU > European arrest warrant > Extradition

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