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Overseas territory
Meaning
Noun
●
A country or
smaller
territory
which
politically
is either an
integral
part of - or in some
dependent
(e.g.
colonial
) relationship with another state, but is
geographically
separated
from that 'mother state' by the
sea
, without
bordering
it or its
coastal
waters
●
In Law:
A more specific
status
legally
defined
under a
constitution
for one
or more of the above territories
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