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infraterritorial

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English

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Etymology

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From infra- +‎ territorial.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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infraterritorial (not comparable)

  1. Within the territory of a state.
    • 1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States:
      It does not generally effect of itself the object to be accomplished , especially so far , as its operation is infraterritorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for infraterritorial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)