sovereign territory

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• Sovereign Military Order of Malta — Not to be confused with the Republic of Malta or the Armed Forces of Malta. This article is about the sovereign international order. For other organisations styled (or derived from) the Order of Malta , see Knights of Malta (disambiguation).… …   Wikipedia

• Sovereign state — Sovereign states in Europe A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other …   Wikipedia

• Sovereign Base Areas Customs — is a semi autonomous branch of UK Customs with jurisdiction over the Sovereign Base Areas, home to British Forces Cyprus. It is managed by the MoD and around 3500 military personnel are posted there at any one time. In contrast with other customs …   Wikipedia

• Sovereign Base Areas — The Sovereign Base Areas are military bases located on territory in which the United Kingdom is sovereign [p.73, Woodliffe] , but which are separated from the ordinary British territory.The two current Sovereign Base Areas are located adjacent to …   Wikipedia

• territory — noun 1 area of land that belongs to one country, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ vast ▪ new ▪ The explorers set off to conquer new territories. ▪ former ▪ former French territories …   Collocations dictionary

• Territory (administrative division) — Types of administrative and/or political territories include:* Many types of legally administered territories, each of which is a non sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government with varying degrees of local… …   Wikipedia

• sovereign — A person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; a chief ruler with supreme power; a king or other ruler in a monarchy. See also clipped sovereignty sovereignty @ sovereign immunity A judicial doctrine which… …   Black's law dictionary

• Territory of Hawaii — Infobox Former Subdivision native name = conventional long name = Territory of Hawaiokinai common name = Hawaii nation = the United States subdivision = Organized incorporated territory| event start = Annexed by the US date start = July 4 year… …   Wikipedia

• territory — /ter i tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. territories. 1. any tract of land; region or district. 2. the land and waters belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a state, sovereign, etc. 3. any separate tract of land belonging to a state. 4. (often cap.) …   Universalium

• Territory — A territory (from the word terra , meaning land ) is a defined area (including land and waters), considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state or country subdivision. The word can mean:* Territory (country… …   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