terrier2 (terier)

[Formerly also terrar; der ground webs for their nests, as a trap-door spider. The group contains all the tet rap neum on ous forms, and corresponds to the Mygalidæ, or the rap hoses. Also Territelæ. territelarian (ter"i-te-lā'ri-an), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to the Territelaria. II. n. Any member of this group. territorial (ter-i-tōʻri-al), a. [F. territorial = Sp. Pg. territorial = It. territ or i ale, The territorial acquisitions of the East-India Company might be rendered another source of revenue. Adam Smith , Wealth of Nations, v. 3. A state's territorial right gives no power to the ruler to alienate a part of the territory in the way of barter or sale, as was done in feudal times. Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, § 52. territorial 2. Limited to a certain district: as, rights may be personal or territorial.-3. [ cap.] Of or pertaining to one of the Territories of the United States: as, a Territorial governor; the Territo rial condition. - Territorial system, that system of church government in which the civil ruler of a country exercises as a natural and inherent right supremacy over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people. It was developed in the writings of the German jurist Christian Thomas i us (1655-1728).