territorial law

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• territorial law — noun : law applying alike to all persons regardless of their nationality or citizenship within a given territory distinguished from personal law …   Useful english dictionary

• territorial waters — territorial wa·ters n pl: the waters under the sovereign jurisdiction of a nation or state including both marginal sea and inland waters Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. territorial waters …   Law dictionary

• territorial jurisdiction — n: jurisdiction (3) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. territorial jurisdiction …   Law dictionary

• Law of the Sea — often cap L&S: a body of international law promulgated by United Nations convention and covering a range of ocean matters including territorial zones, access to and transit on the sea, environmental preservation, and the resolution of… …   Law dictionary

• territorial sea — n. The waters that are considered the territory of the state off which coast they lie; a band of waters parallel to the coast that can be no more than twelve nautical miles wide. See also Law of the Sea The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx… …   Law dictionary

• territorial court — n. A court in a U.S. territory that functions as both a state and a federal court. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. territorial court …   Law dictionary

• territorial courts — Federal tribunals that serve as both federal and state courts in possessions of the United States such as Guam and the Virgin Islands that are not within the limits of any state but are organized with separate legislatures and executive and… …   Law dictionary

• territorial integrity — n. The principle that a state’s borders are sacrosanct; the idea in international law that one state or nation should not aid actions that could reform the borders of another state or nation. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An… …   Law dictionary

• territorial — index local, regional Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• territorial division — index district Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• territorial range of authority — index jurisdiction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary