| 释义 |
condominium
n. 1. Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more states (the word is also used for the territory subject to joint sovereignty). For example, the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific were a Franco-British condominium until 1980. Sovereignty is joint, but each jointly governing power has separate jurisdiction over its own subjects. Compare co-imperium. 2. Individual ownership of part of a building (e.g. a flat in a block of flats) combined with common ownership of the parts of the building used in common. |