Extraterritorial Courts of The United States
- United States Court for China (1906 to 1943), appointed judge held court in cities in China including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hankow, Tientsin, and Canton.
- United States Court for Berlin (1979), existed on paper since 1955, but constituted in fact only once, to hear a single case.
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