territorial claim
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterritorialandclaim
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territorial
adjective
uk/ˌter.ɪˈtɔː.ri.əl/us/ˌter.əˈtɔːr.i.əl/
relating ...
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claim
noun[C]
uk/kleɪm/us/kleɪm/
a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not ...
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(Definition ofterritorialandclaimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is special and different, but does it justify different constitutional treatment or is different constitutional treatment some concession towards theterritorialclaim?
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We do not see how a treaty party that has aterritorialclaimagainst another treaty party can meet that criterion.
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The inter-communal talks must come down to discussing the nitty-gritty of both a constitution and theterritorialclaim.
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It will be a green light to any predatory nation with a spuriousterritorialclaimon a neighbour to settle it by invasion.
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Indeed, it may revert to the present position and restore itsterritorialclaim.
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Indeed, theterritorialclaimcomes in the section headed "nation"rather than"state".
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I refer, of course, to the illegalterritorialclaimand the immoral diktat.
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Thisterritorialclaimseems to me to be in the realm of fantasy: a political and administrative nonsense.
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However, it is plain to me that theterritorialclaimhas been superseded by a claim to rule over people.
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It is not right to suggest that the terminology represents aterritorialclaim; it certainly does not.
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By containing theterritorialclaim, the 1937 constitution ended the possibility of further meetings.
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The choice of any date back to which one is going to press aterritorialclaimis always an absurd one.
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More than that, it was aterritorialclaim.
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Now, at last, we have every chance of overcoming historic grievances - without mourning our geographical separation - and celebrating our spiritual and intellectual fellowship without any kind ofterritorialclaim.
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International law required not only discovery and charting but also settlement to perfect aterritorialclaim.
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Not only discovery and charting, but permanent settlement were needed to maintain aterritorialclaim.
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It is unclear if anyterritorialclaimwas made to the discovery at the time.
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Both had by the 1950s substantial post-colonial histories, and both were determined to preserve their territorial claims.
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Levant case involves issues which play a prominent role in modern politics, mostly concerned with territorial claims.
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There are very few overlapping territorial claims per se between the two countries, although the nature of some of these claims is rather different from conventional disagreements.
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