Davis County Clipper | 1930-11-28 | Page 13 | Colonial Jurisdiction

Colonial Jurisdiction Hinterland Is defined us as the regIon lying behind a n littoral country de dependent dependent dependent pendent for trade or commerce upon it As a 11 political term the expression el cx came Into prominence during 1853 85 when hen Germany Insisted upon her rIght to exercise Jurisdiction In the territory behind the parts of or the At Af Aran coasts which she occupied The doctrIne of or the hinterland was IlS that the possessor of the littoral was as en entItled entitled entitled tItled to as much of or the back bach country as was as dependent upon the coast land economically or politically The doctrine speedily led Jed to the partition of or Africa among the various anous European powers