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Corpus separatum

Corpus separatum is a Latin term referring to a city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state. The term may refer to:Corpus separatum (Jerusalem), the 1947 UN proposal for Jerusalem Corpus separatum (Fiume), the historical status of Fiume between 1776 and 1918 Pordenone, a corpus separatum between 1378 and 1514 Novi Pazar, a corpus separatum between 1878 and 1912

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Corpus separatum is a Latin term referring to a city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state. The term may refer to:

Similar but different concepts include:

During the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina was sometimes described as corpus separatum as well as condominium.12

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