##  [Extradition Procedure](/index.php/extradition-procedure) 

  ##  [Extradition Procedure](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/extradition-procedure-0) 

  

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Definition

A formal sequence of legal and diplomatic steps by which one jurisdiction (the requesting state) asks another jurisdiction (the requested state) to surrender a person found within the requested state's territory for the purposes of criminal investigation, prosecution, trial or the enforcement of a criminal sentence, subject to the requested state's law, applicable treaties, and human-rights constr