Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of county is as below...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Township :: Township (n.) In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county..

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..

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..

Albertite :: Albertite (n.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick..

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

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

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..

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

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

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

Dominion :: Dominion (n.) That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions..

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..

County :: County (n.) An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.

Random Fonts

Most Popular