condominium
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form of subnational government in which multiple sovereign powers share sovereignty over a territory
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- Instance of
- form of government
- Subclass of
- dependent territory
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- Category:Condominia (international law)
- partially coincident with
- neutral zone
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Encyclopedic overview
A condominium (plural either condominia, as in Latin, or condominiums) in international law is a territory (such as a border area or a state) in or over which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share equal dominium (in the sense of sovereignty) and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it into "national" zones.
Although a condominium has always been recognized as a theoretical possibility, condominia have been rare in practice. A major problem, and the reason so few have existed, is the difficulty of ensuring co-operation between the sovereign powers; once the understanding fails, the status is likely to become untenable.
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