Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

trust territory

Int'L law. A territory governed under the United Nations' international trusteeship system; a territory administered by the United Nations or a member state for the political, economic, educational, and social advancement of its inhabitants. 2. A part of the United States not included within any state but organized with a separate legislature (such as Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). - territorial, adj. Cf. COMMONWEALTH; DEPENDENCY.