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County Rate

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An imposition levied on the occupiers of lands in England, and applied to many miscellaneous purposes, among which the most important are those of defraying the expenses connected with prisons, reimbursing to private parties the costs they have incurred in prosecuting public offenders, and defraying the expenses of the county police, Wharton.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A tax levy for county purposes.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. An imposition levied on the occupiers of lands, and applied to many miscellaneous purposes, among which the most important are those of defraying the expenses connected with prisons, reimbursing to private parties the costs they have incurred in prosecuting public offenders,'and defraying the expenses of the county police. See 15 & 16 Viet & 8L

Defined under County in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In English law. An imposition levied on the occupiers of lands, and applied to many miscellaneous purposes, among which the most important are those of defraying the expenses connected with prisons, reimbursing to private parties the costs they have incurred in prosecuting publie offenders, and defraying the expenses of the county police. See 15 & 16 Vict. ¢. 81.