Corpus comitatus
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. The body,of a county. Cro. Jac. 514; 5 How. (U. S.) 453; 5 Mason (U. S.) 290. The county at large, as distinguished from any particular locality within it.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The body of the county; the inhabitants or citizens of a whole county, as distinguished from a part of the county or a part of its citizens. U. S. v. Grush, 5 Mas. 290, Fed. Cas. No. 15,268.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The body of a county. The whole county, as distingnished from a part of it, or any particular place in it U. S. v. Crush, 5 Mason, 290, Fed. Cas. No. 15,268.
Defined under Corpus in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The body ofa county. The whole county, as distinguished from a part of it, or any particular place in it. 5 Mason, 290,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. The body of a county. Molloy de Jur. Mar. 231. Cro, Jac, 514. 5 Howard's R, 452, 453, 462. 5 Mason's R. 290. The county at large, as distinguished from any particular locality within it. See De corpore comitatus. CORPUS CUM causa! L. Lat. (The body with the cause.) An English writ which issued out of chancery, to remove both the body and the record, touching the cause of any man lying in execution upon a judgment for debt, into the king's bench, there to remain until he satisfied the judgment. Cowell. Blount. Applied also to a writ of habeas corpus for the removal of a cause.* See Habeas corpus.