Territorial

  • (noun): Nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit.
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on territorial:

Territorial Assembly Of Wallis And Futuna
... Wallis and Futuna elects on territorial level a legislature ... The Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale) has 20 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies ...
Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature Of Cancún-Chetumal
... The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal (Latin Praelatura Territorialis Cancunensis–Chetumaliensis) (erected 23 May 1970 as ...
Seal Of New Mexico - Historical Evolution
... New Mexico's first seal was designed shortly after the organization of the Territorial Government, in 1851 ... "Great Seal of the Territory of New Mexico." In 1882, Territorial Secretary W.G ... was liked so much it was adopted as New Mexico's "official seal and coat of arms" by the Territorial Legislature in 1887 ...
Administrative Divisions Of Serbia
... The territorial organization of Serbia is regulated by the Law on Territorial Organization, adopted by the National Assembly of Serbia on 29 December 2007 ... Under the Law, the units of the territorial organization are municipalities, cities and autonomous provinces ...

More definitions of "territorial":

  • (adj): Of or relating to the local vicinity.
    Example: "Territorial waters"
  • (adj): Of or relating to a territory.
    Example: "The territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country"
  • (adj): Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders.
    Example: "Territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds"

Famous quotes containing the word territorial:

    “I have an intense personal interest in making the use of American capital in the development of China an instrument for the promotion of the welfare of China, and an increase in her material prosperity without entanglements or creating embarrassment affecting the growth of her independent political power, and the preservation of her territorial integrity.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth—including America, of course—consist of pilferings from other people’s wash.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)