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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) 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):

(n.) A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Territory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/territory.html. 1828.
 
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