Earl

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Meaning of Earl

In English law. A title of noblHty next below a marquis, and above a viscount. Earls were anciently called eomites, because they were wont comitari regent, to wait upon the king for counsel and advice. They were also called “shiremen,” because each earl had the civil government of a shire. After the Norman conquest they were called “counts,’ whence the shires obtained the names of counties. They have now nothing to do with the government of counties, which has entirely developed on the sheriff, the earl’s deputy, or vice comes.

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