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  2. Territory - Wikipedia

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    Capital territory or federal capital territory, usually a specially designated territory where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in the federal model of government, no one state or territory takes pre-eminence because the capital lies within its borders. A capital territory can be one specific form of federal district.

  3. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    province, territory Malaysia: xian/hsien People's Republic of China Taiwan: county země Czech Republic: land (historical) zona Cape Verde: zone (division of freguesia) ziemia Poland: land Zillah Pakistan: district Bangladesh India: župa Slovakia: county (historical) županija Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking) county Croatia: maahaanam

  4. Administrative division - Wikipedia

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    Since the terms are administrative political divisions of the local regional government, their exact relationship and definitions are subject to home rule considerations, tradition, as well as state statute law and local governmental (administrative) definition and control. In British cultural legacy, some territorial entities began with fairly ...

  5. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Definition National government: The government of a nation-state and is a characteristic of a unitary state. This is the same thing as a federal government which may have distinct powers at various levels authorized or delegated to it by its member states, though the adjective 'central' is sometimes used to describe it. The structure of central ...

  6. U.S. territorial sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    All territory under the control of the federal government is considered part of the "United States" for purposes of law. [3] From 1901 to 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court in a series of opinions known as the Insular Cases held that the Constitution extended ex proprio vigore to the territories. However, the Court in these cases also established the ...

  7. Territorial jurisdiction (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Territorial jurisdiction in United States law refers to a court's power over events and persons within the bounds of a particular geographic territory. If a court does not have territorial jurisdiction over the events or persons within it, then the court cannot bind the defendant to an obligation or adjudicate any rights involving them.

  8. Local government area - Wikipedia

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    A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state , province , division , or territory .

  9. Unorganized territory - Wikipedia

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    Unorganized territory may refer to: An unincorporated area in any number of countries; One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress; Unorganized area, any geographic region in Canada that does not form part of a municipality or Indian reserve