Editing Condominium (section)

== Etymology ==
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''Condominium'' is an invented [[Latin]] word formed by adding the prefix ''con-'' 'together' to the word ''dominium'' 'dominion, ownership'. Its meaning is, therefore, 'joint dominion' or 'co-ownership'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condominium|title=Definition of CONDOMINIUM|website=www.merriam-webster.com|date=13 July 2023 }}</ref>

''Condominia'' (the Latin plural of ''condominium'') originally referred to territories over which two or more sovereign powers shared joint sovereignty. This technique was frequently used to settle border disputes when multiple claimants could not agree on how to partition the disputed territory. For example, from 1818 to 1846, [[Oregon Country]] was a condominium over which both the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]] shared joint sovereignty until the [[Oregon Treaty]] resolved the issue by splitting the territory along the 49th parallel and each country gaining sole sovereignty of one side.<ref name="Rossi2017">{{cite book|author=Christopher R. Rossi|title=Sovereignty and Territorial Temptation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdAoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA198|date=27 April 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-18353-7|pages=198}}</ref>