Condominium (international law)
In international law, a condominium is a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights. Although a condominium has always been recognized as a theoretical possibility, condominiums have been rare in practice. The biggest difficulty with condominiums/condominia is solving disputes between the two sovereign powers, and ensuring co-operation between them; which is one reason why so few have existed in practice.
Sudan was an 'Anglo-Egyptian' condominium until 1956, the New Hebrides formed a French-British condominium until independence as Vanuatu in 1980. Under French law, Andorra was once considered to be a French-Spanish condominium, although it is more commonly classed as a co-principality. In 2001, the British government proposed sharing sovereignty of Gibraltar with Spain, but this was decisively rejected by the people of Gibraltar in a referendum in 2002.
Examples of Condominiums
A condominium is also a form of housing tenure