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COLONY (law)


COLONY. A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country. 3 W. C. C. R. 287. people another, and remain subject to the mother country. 3 W. C. C. R. 287. The country occupied by the colonists is also called a colony. A colony The country occupied by the colonists is also called a colony. A colony differs from a possession, or a dependency. (q.v.) For a history of the differs from a possession, or a dependency. (q.v.) For a history of the American colonies, the reader is referred to Story on the Constitution, book American colonies, the reader is referred to Story on the Constitution, book I.; 1 Kent, Com. 77 to 80; 1 Dane' s Ab. Index, b. t. I.; 1 Kent, Com. 77 to 80; 1 Dane' s Ab. Index, b. t.