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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.

Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.] I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. Milton.

hing added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon.

esignating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the t…

A dependency; a dependent territory.

Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.

The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.

The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots.

The territory governed by a ban.

The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.

The territory ruled by a bey.

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath. Macaulay. Sensation and refle…

n about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

ormerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

s, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.

at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.

The colonial system or policy in political government or extension of territory.

of nations (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By some authorities private international law rests on this comity, but the better…

A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.