Category:Territory

Ter"ri*to*ry, n.; pl. Territories. Etym: [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.