corpus separatum en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin.
Meanings
- (uncountable) 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.
- (historical, uncountable) 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. ▸ A proposed internationally-governed area encompassing the city of Jerusalem in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.