Condominium (international law)

("Joint sovereignty" redirects here. For joint sovereigns, see Coregency.)("Co-dominium" redirects here. For the series of books, see CoDominium.) (This article is about the international law describing a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights. For other uses, see Condominium (disambiguation).) The word is recorded in English since c. 1714, from Modern Latin, apparently coined in Germany c. 1700 from Latin com- "together" + dominium "right of ownership" (compare domain). A condominium of three sovereign powers is sometimes called a tripartite condominium or tridominium.

Condominium (international law)

("Joint sovereignty" redirects here. For joint sovereigns, see Coregency.)("Co-dominium" redirects here. For the series of books, see CoDominium.) (This article is about the international law describing a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights. For other uses, see Condominium (disambiguation).) The word is recorded in English since c. 1714, from Modern Latin, apparently coined in Germany c. 1700 from Latin com- "together" + dominium "right of ownership" (compare domain). A condominium of three sovereign powers is sometimes called a tripartite condominium or tridominium.