Chosen Freeholders
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In New Jersey. A board of county officers, having charge of the finances of the county, and composed of persons chosen by and representing the several towns or townships of the county. In some states, similar officers are called "county commissioners" (g. v.), and in others, the "board of supervisors" CHRENECRUDA (Law Lat.) A singular ceremony among the Salians, by which a poor person applied to a rich relative to pay his debt or fine. It consisted (after certain preliminaries) in throwing green herbs upon the party, the effect of which was to bind him to pay the whole demand. L. Salic, tit. 61. Spelman, who describes it, finds the elements of the word in the Belgian groen, green, and cruid, herb. CHRISTIANITATIS CURIA (Law Lat.) The court of Christianity; the court Christian, or ecclesiastical judicature, as opposed to the civil court, or lay tribunal. Cowell. See "Courts Christian."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Board of Freeholders.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Under the municipal organization of the state of New Jersey, each county has a hoard of ollicers, called by this name, composed of representatives from the cities and townships within its limits, and charged with administering the revenues of the county.