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Webster 1913 Edition

Territory

Ter′ri-to-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Territories
(#)
.
[L.
territorium
, from
terra
the earth: cf. F.
territoire
. See
Terrace
.]
1.
A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
He looked, and saw wide
territory
spread
Before him – towns, and rural works between.
Milton.
2.
The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government;
as, the
territory
of a State; the
territories
of the East India Company
.
3.
In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

Webster 1828 Edition

Territory

TER'RITORY

,
Noun.
[L. territorium, from terra, earth.]
1.
The extent or compass of land within the bounds or belonging to the jurisdiction of any state, city or other body.
Linger not in my territories.
They erected a house within their own territory.
Arts and sciences took their rise and flourished only in those small territories where the people were free.
2.
A tract of land belonging to and under the dominion of a prince or state, lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as the territories of the East India Company; the territories of the United States; the territory of Michigan; Northwest Territory. These districts of country, when received into the union and acknowledged to be states, lose the appellation of territory.

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