Dependency
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A territory distinct from the country in which the supreme sovereign power resides, but belonging rightfully to It, and subject to the laws and regulations which the sovereign may think proper to prescribe.
U. S. v. The Nancy, 3 Wash. C. C. 286, Fed. Cas. No. 15,854.
It differs from a colony, because It ls not settled by the citizens of the sovereign or mother state; and from possession, because It is held by other title than that of mere conquest.