Dictionary Search: "Country" - Pakistan Law Portal

Country

1 A nation or political state. 2. The territory of such a nation or state.

Indian country

1. The land within the borders of all Indian reservations, the land occupied by an Indian community (whether or not located within a recognized reservation), and any land held in trust by the United States but beneficially owned by an Indian or tribe. 2. Hist. Any region (esp. during the U.S. westward migration) where a person was likely to encounter Indians.

Third World country

See DEVELOPING COUN. TRY.

conclusion to the country

Archaic. The closing part of a pleading that requests the trial of an issue by a jury. Cf. GOING TO THE COUNTRY.

developing country

Int'l law. A country that is not as economically or politically advanced as the main industrial powers. ( They are located mostly in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America. - Also termed developing state; underdeveloped country; less-developed country; Third World country."Pertinent terminology has undergone extensive changes in the past 40 years. At the very start, before the category found its way into official texts, economic and political writings referred mainly to poor' or backwardcountries. In the late 1940s, the term 'underdeveloped countries' came into common usage in economic literature and in the jargon of international organizations. It was replaced in the 1950s by the term 'less developed countries,' for which the current 'd

less developed country

See DEVELOPING COUNTRY.

mother country

A colonizing nation; a colonial power. Cf COLONY.

trial by the country

See trial per pais under TRIAL.

underdeveloped country