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territories |
1 definition found 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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