- unincorporated territory
- A territory, organized or unorganized, belonging to the United States but not incorporated into the United States. 49 Am J1st States § 4.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
unincorporated territory
Look at other dictionaries:
Unincorporated territories of the United States — Unincorporated territories are areas controlled by the government of the United States which are not part of the United States proper. The history of these territories is as follows:;April 11 1899The 1898 Treaty of Paris came in to effect,… … Wikipedia
Unincorporated — may refer to:* Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality ** Unincorporated area (New Jersey), communities that are governed by incorporated municipalities * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated… … Wikipedia
territory — An area, especially one of significance from a particular aspect, as in the case of a salesman s territory or of good hunting territory. A region which, although not a state, has an organized system of government. People of Porto Rico v Rosaly y… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Unincorporated area — Sign at Contra Costa Centre Transit Village, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, north of the city of Walnut Creek … Wikipedia
unincorporated — adjective 1》 not formed into a legal corporation. 2》 not included as part of a whole. ↘N. Amer. (of territory) not designated as belonging to a particular country, town, or area … English new terms dictionary
Dependent territory — A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State, and remains politically outside of the controlling state s integral area.[1] A dependency is commonly… … Wikipedia
United States territory — is any extent of region under the jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States,Hurd, J. C. (1968). The law of freedom and bondage in the United States. New York: Negro Universities Press.Page 438 439.] including all waters… … Wikipedia
Michigan Territory — Territory of Michigan Organized incorporated territory of the United States … Wikipedia
Local Government Areas im Northern Territory — Gliederung seit Juli 2008 Im australischen Bundesterritorium Northern Territory trat am 1. Juli 2008 eine Neuordnung der Gebietsgliederung in Kraft. Danach gibt es nur noch 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs), davon 5 municipalities und 11… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory — The Northern Territory has 63 Local Government Areas; though only 6 councils are considered municipalities, there are other types of local bodies. It is expected that in 2008 rationalisation of the Local Government bodies will occur, with the… … Wikipedia
