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Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.

The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law),

To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.

Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground. From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground. Milton.…

ion of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.

A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid. The Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana. Milton. The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire. Arbuthnot.

Within the territory of a state. Story.

ire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More.

Within the territory or a territory.

volving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction.

or designating, one of the principal linguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The territory of the northern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to M…

rly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. Shak.

The territory held by a landgrave.

a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. Milton.

ng to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).

Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. Dryden.

as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.