County

A civil division of a state or kingdom, cial purposes, formerly governed in England from whom it derived its name, — the same the corresponding term in Saxon; the count}ciently so called. County court: a court of land of which the freeholders were the real to whose jurisdiction the court was incident cer,— a court not of record and now fallen in the United States, courts of record of held by judges expressly appointed or elected estimation, v. Conteneto plead. Countcra: prisons now demolished, — counter. afildavlt: an affidavit affidavit Counter bond: in writing, executed has been conveyed by an on payment of a cerof something, but withwith a view to defraud, an order made contrary or suspending it instrument; a duplicate or is executed in parts, interchangeably executed, usually called the original parties execute every part, incidental to the main demand of oyer. by an officer as a check old European law. An counted for his client, orally pleaded his cause. which a jury is summoned summoned. for political and judiby the earl or count with shire, which was court, sometimes angreat antiquity in Engjudges, and the sheriff, was the ministerial offimto comparative disuse; inferior jurisdiction, and for the purpose. comprised in any other county, such as London, York, and other cities. County palatine: a'county distinguished by peculiar privileges; and so called from palatium, a. palace, because its owner, whether duke or earl, had in such county royal prerogatives, as fully as the king had in his palace. There were originally three, Chester, Durham and Lancaster, but they are now in the hands of the crown. County sessions: the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, which are held four times a year.