266 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Imperial, Conferences. See Sir G. V. Fiddes— The Dominions and Colonial Offices.
Old Halsbury, I. p. 303.
- The dominions of the Crown include—
(a) The U. K. and any Colony, plantation, island, territory or settlement within H M’s dominions and not within the U.K.
(Naturalization Act, 1870, 33 Ne. c 14 s. 17)
(b) Places situated within the territory of a Prince, who is subject to the Crown of England in respect of such territory.
[ Crow and Ramsay (1670) Vaugh. 281 ]
(c) British ships of war and other public vessels ( Parliament V/s. Belge. (1880)5 P.D. 197. )
( d ) British Merchantmen on the high seas [1870 S. R. 6Q. B.
- Marshall v/s Murgatroyd ] and probably even in the territorial waters of a foreign country [ Compare R v/s Carr and Wilson (1882)
10 Q.B.D. 76 ] .
Halsbury X. p. 503 para 856
- “British Possession” means any part of H M’s dominions exclusive of the U. K.; and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the central legislature are deemed to be one British Possession.
[Interpretation Act 1889 ( 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63 ) S. 18 (2) ] .
- A Colony is any part of H M’s dominions exclusive of the British Islands and British India; and where, parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the central legislature are deemed one colony
[ Ibid. S. 18(3)].
A British settlement means any British Possession which has not been acquired by cession or conquest and is not for the time being within the jurisdiction of the legislature of any British possession. [British Settlements Act, 1887 ( 50-51 Vic. C. 54 ) S. 6].
The expression ‘Dependencies’ is used to signify places which have not been formally annexed to the British dominions, and are therefore, strictly speaking foreign territories, but which are practically governed by Great Britain, and by her represented in any