Hinterland
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
a remote and undeveloped area originally the land or region lying behind the coast district The term is used esp with reference to the so called doctrine of the hinterland sometimes advanced that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy from time to time the territory lying inland of the coast
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