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

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent..

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.

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..

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..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one..

Rape :: Rape (n.) One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire..

County :: County (n.) A count; an earl or lord.

Yorkshire :: Yorkshire (n.) A county in the north of England.

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