Definition of Territory. Meaning of Territory. Synonyms of Territory

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Definition of Territory

Territory
Territory Ter"ri*to*ry, n.; pl. Territories. [L. territorium, from terra the earth: cf. F. territoire. See Terrace.] 1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him -- towns, and rural works between. --Milton. 2. The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company. 3. In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

Meaning of Territory from wikipedia

- A territory is an administrative division, usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state. In most countries, a territory is an organized...
- A union territory (Hindi: kendraśāsit pradeś, lit. 'centrally administered province') is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike...
- Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the United States federal government. The various U.S. territories...
- The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen territories all with a constitutional...
- did not give the ROC an opportunity to ****ert, when wanted, a claim to territory outside of the current ROC jurisdiction. What people refer to as Taiwan...
- The term "Palestinian territories" has been used for many years to describe the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including...
- A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state...
- The Northern Territory (NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia...
- The Northwest Territories (commonly abbreviated as NT or NWT) is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,144,000 km2 (442,000 sq mi)...
- Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has...