county 音标拼音: [k'ɑʊnti] [k'ɑʊni]
n . 郡;县;县
郡;县;县
county n 1 : (
United Kingdom )
a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government ; "
the county has a population of 12 ,
345 people "
2 : (
United States )
the largest administrative district within a state ; "
the county plans to build a new road "
County \
Coun "
ty \ (
koun "
t [
y ^]),
n .;
pl . {
Counties } (-
t [
i ^]
z ). [
F .
comt ['
e ],
fr .
LL .
comitatus .
See {
Count }.]
1 .
An earldom ;
the domain of a count or earl . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
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 }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Every county ,
every town ,
every family ,
was in agitation . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A count ;
an earl or lord . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "
county ":
Kreis ,
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 ,
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 COUNTY .
A district into which a state is divided .
2 .
The United States are generally divided into counties ;
counties are divided into townships or towns .
3 .
In Pennsylvania the division of the province into three Counties ,
viz .
Philadelphia ,
Bucks and Chester ,
was one of the earliest acts of William Penn ,
the original proprietary .
There is no printed record of this division ,
or of the original boundaries of these counties .
Proud says it was made about the year 1682 .
Proud '
s Hist .
vol .
1 p .
234 vol .
2 ,
p .
258 .
4 .
In some states ,
as Illinois ;
1 Breese ,
R .
115 ;
a county is considered as a corporation ,
in others it is only a quasi corporation .
16 Mass .
R .
87 ;
2 Mass .
R .
644 7 Mass .
R .
461 ;
1 Greenl .
R .
125 ;
3 Greenl .
R .
131 ;
9 Greenl .
R .
88 ;
8 John .
R .
385 ;
3 Munf .
R .
102 .
Frequent difficulties arise on the division of a county .
On this subject ,
see 16 Mass .
R .
86 6 J .
J .
Marsh .
147 ;
4 Halst .
R .
357 ;
5 Watts ,
R .
87 1 Cowen ,
R .
550 ;
6 Cowen ,
R .
642 ;
Cowen ,
R .
640 ;
4 Yeates ,
R .
399 10 Mass .
Rep .
290 ;
11 Mass .
Rep .
339 .
5 .
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 shire -
reve , (
sheriff )
originally a yearly officer ,
was the governor of the county .
Four of the counties of England ,
viz .
Lancaster ,
Chester ,
Durham and Ely ,
were called counties Palatine ,
which were jurisdictions of a peculiar nature ,
and held by ,
especial charter from the king .
See stat .
27 H .
VIII .
c .
25 .
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