Breetish Owerseas Territories

The Breetish Owerseas Territories is fowerteen Stewartries that the Unitit Kinrick haes unner its sovereignty, but's no pairt o the Unitit Kinrick itsel^[1].

The name "British Overseas Territory" wis brocht in bi the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, an replaced the name "British dependent territory" that wis brocht in bi the British Nationality Act 1981. Afore that, the territories wis kent as the colonies or the Croun colonies. The Breetish Owerseas Territories is referred tae as owerseas territories o the Unitit Kinrick an aw^[2], UK owerseas territories^[3], or whan the context is clear, juist the Owerseas Territories^[1].

The territories o Jersay, Guernsey an the Isle o Mann, tho unner the sovereignty o the Breetish Croun an aw, haes a sicht different constitutional relationship wi the Unitit Kinrick, an sae is clessed as Croun dependencies raither nor Owerseas Territories. Territories an dependencies is distinct frae the Commonweel o Nations, a voluntar associe o umwhile Breetish colonies an syne ither nations sic as Mozambique that haes jyned acause o the benefits it gies.

1. ↑ ^{a b} The 14 Territories
2. ↑ "CIA - The World Factbook - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". Archived frae the original on 2 Julie 2014. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2008.
3. ↑ UK overseas territories