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proprietary colony

noun

, American History.
  1. any of certain colonies, as Maryland and Pennsylvania, that were granted to an individual or group by the British crown and that were granted full rights of self-government.


proprietary colony

noun

  1. history any of various colonies, granted by the Crown in the 17th century to a person or group of people with full governing rights
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It also lay within the limits of the charter of 1681, by which the proprietary colony of Pennsylvania had been founded.

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