embassy grounds
Foreign mission's property
Embassy grounds are the land and outdoor areas surrounding an embassy building, typically including gardens, parking areas, and security perimeters.
These grounds share the embassy's special legal status under international law—generally considered sovereign territory of the foreign nation.
Protesters gathered outside the embassy grounds.
She sought asylum by entering the embassy grounds.
- diplomaticTactful and sensitive
- diplomatic immunityEnvoy's exemption from prosecution
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- compoundCombined into one
- visaTravel authorization stamp
territory · sovereign · gates · iron gates · security · asylum · political asylum · flag · residence · protocol · attaché · refuge · safe passage · walls · checkpoint · immunity · foreign · no-fly zone
embassy groundsforeign ministry
Diplomatic relations government branch
police station · government building · courthouse · detention facility · immigration office
embassy groundspublic space
Area open to everyone
open ground · hostile territory · no-man's land · occupied territory
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