# Courts (Colonial) Jurisdiction Act 1874, Section 2: Definition of term “colony.”


For the purposes of this Act,
The term “colony” shall not include any places within the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man The Channel Islands, . . . but shall include any plantation, territory, or settlement situate elsewhere within Her Majesty’s dominions, and subject to the same local government; and for the purposes of this Act, all plantations, territories, and settlements under a central legislature shall be deemed to be one colony under the same local government.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/37-38/27/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-colonial-jurisdiction-act-1874/section-2
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