"County" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
The name given to the principal subdivisions of the kingdom of Eng-land and of most of the states of the American Union, denoting a distinct portion of territory organized by Itself for political and Judicial purposes. The etymology of the word shows it to have been the district an-ciently governed by a count or earl. In mod-em use, the word may denote elther the ter-rltory marked off to form a county, or the citizens resident within such territory, tak-en collectively and consldered as invested with polltlcal rights, or the county regarded as a municipal corporation possessing subordinate governmental powers, or an organ-lzed .jural society invested with specific rights and duties. Patterson v. Temple, 27 Ark. 207; Eagle v. Beard, 33 Ark. 501; wooster v. Plymouth, 62 N. H. 208
An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.
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.
A count; an earl or lord.
In the history of battles and wars, the massacres of civilians were the main reason of revolutions success.
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In oid English law. A county or shire; the body of a county. The territorial jurisdiction of a comes, i. …
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