crown colony

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Crown Colony
    n 1: a British colony controlled by the British Crown,
         represented by a governor

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crown colony \Crown colony\
   A colony of the British Empire not having an elective
   magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief
   magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with
   executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the
   people.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]