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Dependency. A region which is subject to British jurisdiction for all practical purposes although no formal annexation has taken place, e.g., Protectorates. Of these, Cyprus has been formally annexed by S. R. & O. 1914, No. 1629. Egypt was declared independent in February, 1922. See Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890-1913, also Halsbury, L. of E., tit. 'Dependencies, etc.