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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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