Definitions for: County


[n] a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
[n] (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"
[adj] of or relating to or maintained or administered by a county; "county roads"; "county politics"; "the county courthouse"



Webster (1913) Definition: Coun"ty (koun"t?), n.; pl. Counties (-t?z). [F.
comt?, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]
1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.]

2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom,
separated from the rest of the territory, for certain
purposes in the administration of justice and public
affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.

Every county, every town, every family, was in
agitation. --Macaulay.



3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak.

County commissioners. See Commissioner.

County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be
a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs
and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the
county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol,
etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.

County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to
county.

County palatine, a county distinguished by particular
privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace),
because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same
powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had
in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The
counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and
Durham.

County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected
by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying
the expenses to which counties are liable, such as
repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.]

County seat, a county town. [U.S.]

County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace
for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.]

County town, the town of a county, where the county
business is transacted; a shire town.

See Also: administrative district, administrative division, Avon, Berkshire, Cornwall, county courthouse, county seat, Devon, Devonshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Home Counties, Isle of Wight, Kent, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, part, region, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Surrey, territorial division, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wight

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