"Durham" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A county palatine in Eng-land, the Jurisdictlon of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 1 Vfm. IV. c. 19, vested lt as a separate franchlse and royalty in the crown. The Jurisdiction of the Durham court of pleas was transferred to the supreme court of judlca-ture by the Judicature act of 1873. 1
One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the
county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their
beef-producing quality.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
A court of the county palatine of Durham, having a local common-law jurisdictlon. It was abolished by the judicature act, …
Read the complete definitionIn English law. A species of pri-vate court which formerly appertained to the counties palatine of Lancaster and Durham
Read the complete definitionA denomination of part of the county palatine of Durham, wharton
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