"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.
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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
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