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Calaverite :: Calaverite (n.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

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..

Trithing :: Trithing (n.) One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called riding.

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

Turn :: Turn (n.) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county..

Map :: Map (v. t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business..

Locality :: Locality (n.) Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial..

Riding :: Riding (n.) One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..

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..

Shire :: Shire (n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county..

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

Ward :: Ward (n.) A division of a county.

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

Coventry :: Coventry (n.) A town in the county of Warwick, England..

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

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.

Viscount :: Viscount (a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county..

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..

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

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