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County

County Meaning & Definition
County Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of County?

[n] a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
[n] (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"
[adj] of or relating to or maintained or administered by a county; "county roads"; "county politics"; "the county courthouse"

Synonyms | Synonyms for County:

Related Terms | Find terms related to County: ally | archbishopric | archdiocese | archduchy | archdukedom | arrondissement | bailiwick | bishopric | body politic | borough | buffer state | canton | captive nation | chieftaincy | chieftainry | city | city-state | colony | commonweal | commonwealth | commune | congressional district | constablewick | country | departement | diocese | district | domain | dominion | duchy | dukedom | earldom | electoral district | electorate | empery | empire | free city | government | grand duchy | hamlet | hundred | kingdom | Kreis | land | magistracy | mandant | mandate | mandated territory | mandatee | mandatory | metropolis | metropolitan area | nation | nationality | oblast | okrug | parish | polis | polity | possession | power | precinct | principality | principate | protectorate | province | puppet government | puppet regime | realm | region | republic | riding | satellite | seneschalty | settlement | sheriffalty | sheriffwick | shire | shrievalty | soke | sovereign nation | stake | state | sultanate | superpower | territory | toparchia | toparchy | town | township | village | wapentake | ward

See Also | administrative district | administrative division | Avon | Berkshire | Cornwall | county courthouse | county seat | Devon | Devonshire | East Sussex | Essex | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Home Counties | Isle of Wight | Kent | Leicester | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | North Yorkshire | Northumberland | part | region | Somerset | South Yorkshire | Surrey | territorial division | West Sussex | West Yorkshire | Wight

County In Webster's Dictionary

\Coun"ty\ (koun"t?), n.; pl. {Counties} (-t?z). [F. comt?, fr. LL. comitatus. See {Count}.] 1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.] 2. 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}. Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation. --Macaulay. 3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. {County commissioners}. See {Commissioner}. {County corporate}, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. {County court}, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. {County palatine}, a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. {County rates}, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] {County seat}, a county town. [U.S.] {County sessions}, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] {County town}, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

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