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Meaning of Comitatus
(Lat. from comes). A county; a shire; the portion of the country under the government of a comes or count. 1 Bl. Comm. 116. An earldom. Earls and counts were originally the same as the comitates. 1 Ld. Raym. 13. The county court, of great dignity among the Saxons. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 42, 66.
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Comitatus in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
See Power of County
Note: This legal definition of Comitatus in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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- Power Of County
Concept of “Comitatus”
Traditional meaning of comitatus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A county; a shire; an earldom; the county court; a suite or body of attendants; see POSSE.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Comitatus”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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