English Explanatory Dictionary

territorial collectivity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A public law territorial unit that has its own elected local government and the power to make and apply certain rules within its territory, under powers devolved to it by the state as part of decentralization.

Word forms

territorial collectivity territorial collectivities

Synonyms

territorial authority
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