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Durham :: Durham (n.) 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..

Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state..

Sheriff :: Sheriff (n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace..

Albertite :: Albertite (n.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..

Yorkshire :: Yorkshire (n.) A county in the north of England.

Assize :: Assize (n.) The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural.

Parish :: Parish (n.) In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States..

Shire :: Shire (n.) A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire..

Courtehouse :: Courtehouse (n.) A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent..

Wealdish :: Wealdish (a.) Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one..

County :: County (n.) 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..

County :: County (n.) A count; an earl or lord.

Non Est Inventus :: Non est inventus () The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county..

Chesterlite :: Chesterlite (n.) A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania..

Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..

Viscounty :: Viscounty (n.) The quality, rank, or office of a viscount..

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

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