Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-TRA-DI'TION
EX-TRA-DIC'TION-A-RYEX-TRA-FO-LI-A'CEOUS
EX-TRA-DI'TION, n. [Fr. from the L. ex and traditio, trado, to deliver.]
Delivery from one nation to another. It is particularly applied to the delivery, by one nation or state to another, of fugitives from justice, in pursuance of a treaty. It may be applied also to other cases, in pursuance of law or constitution.
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