Extradition

The discussion which was occasioned, some time ago, by the sudden transference of the word *extradition* into our diplomatic phraseology, must be still in the recollection of your readers. Some were opposed to this change on the ground that *extradition* is not English; others justified its adoption, for the very reason that we have no corresponding term for it; and one gentleman resolved the question by urging that, "si le mot n'est pas Anglais, il mérite de l'être." I believe there is no reference in "Notes and Queries" to this controversy; nor do I now refer to it with any intention of revi…