mandated territory

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They had been defeated by air power and sea power, but they were still in physical possession of 2.500,000 or more square miles of Allied and mandated territory.

From Time Magazine Archive

After Malan's Nationalists came to power in 1948, they announced that South-West Africa was no longer a mandated territory, but an integral part of the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the week some excitement was caused by the movement of a Turkish force across part of the French mandated territory and into the Mosul region.

From Time Magazine Archive

Any Prime Minister gratuitously offering to return this mandated territory to Germany would swiftly, surely be voted out of office.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rabaul stands for the mandated territory of tropical New Guinea, formerly in German possession, and now allocated to the Commonwealth.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette