Legal Definition and Related Resources of County

A geographical area composed of local or minor municipalities, established by authority for municipal purposes.

One of the civil divisions of a country for judicial and political purposes. 1 Bl. Comm. 113. Etymologically, it denotes that portion of the country under the immediate government of a count. Id. 116. The United States are generally divided into counties. Counties are, in many of the states, divided into townships or town3. In the New England states, however, towns are the basis of all civil divisions, and the counties are rather to be considered as aggregates of towns, so far as their origin is concerned. In Pennsylvania, the state was originally divided into three counties by William Penn. See Proud, Hist. vol. 1, p. 234; Id. vol. 2, p. 258. In the English law, this word signifies the same as “shire,” county being derived from the French, and shire from the Saxon. Both these words signify a circuit or portion of the realm into which the whole land is divided, for the better government thereof, and the more easy administration of justice. There is no part of England that is not within some county; and the shirereeve (sheriff) was the governor of the province under the comes, earl or count.

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County in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

Originally, a province governed by a count, – the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.

Note: This legal definition of County in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

County in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of county.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• county in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• county in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: County

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of County :

A first-tier *local government area in England (outside Greater London) or Wales. The Local Government Act 1972 created 45 counties for England and 8 for Wales, dividing the former into 6 metropolitan and 39 nonmetropolitan counties. The metropolitan counties – Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, and West Yorkshire – were abolished and their functions transferred generally to district councils by the Local Government Act 1985. The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 reorganized local government areas in Wales; on 1 April 1996 all the existing counties and *districts were replaced by 11 counties and 11 county boroughs, each administered by a single-tier (unitary) council. In some parts of England unitary authorities (*unitary authority) have replaced *county councils; this has resulted in the reorganization of certain county areas.

See also Local Government Commission for England; preserved county.

Concept of County in the context of Real Property

A short definition of County: A political division within a state, usually encompassing one or more cities or towns. There are exceptions such as New York City which contains more than one county. Louisiana uses the word parrish instead of county; New York uses both borough and county, as in Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn).

Concept of County in the context of Real Property

A short definition of County: A political division within a state, usually encompassing one or more cities or towns. There are exceptions such as New York City which contains more than one county. Louisiana uses the word parrish instead of county; New York uses both borough and county, as in Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn).

Definition of County

In relation to social issues, a meaning of county is provided here: the largest territorial division of a state.

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Translation of County

• Spanish: Condado
• French: Comté
• German: Grafschaft
• Italian: Contea
• Portuguese: Condado
• Polish: Hrabstwo

Thesaurus of County

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