corpus separatum

noun — 2 senses

corpus separatum

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin.

1

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.

2

Historical A proposed internationally-governed area encompassing the city of Jerusalem in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.