Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Protectorate

1. Int'Z law. The relationship between a weaker nation and a stronger one when the weaker nation has transferred the management of its more important international affairs to the stronger nation. 2. Int'l law. The weaker or dependent nation within such a relationship. 3. (usu. cap.) The period in British history - from 1653 to 1659 - during which Oliver Cromwell and Richard Cromwell governed. 4. The British government in the period from 1653 to 1659.