Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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County
The largest territorial division for local government within a state, generally considered to be a political subdivision and a quasicorporation. ( Every county exists as a result of a sovereign act of legislation, either constitutional or statutory, separating it from the rest of the state as an integral part of its territory and establishing it as one of the primary divisions of the state for purposes of civil administration. - Abbr. co. "A county is a part of the realm, intirely governed by one sheriff under the king, but all subject to the general government of the realm; and therefore every county is as it were an intire body of itself, so that upon a feoffment of lands in many towns in one county, livery of seisin made in one parcel in any one of the towns in the name of all, sufficeth for all the lands in all the other towns within the same county: but upon a feoffment of lands in divers counties, there must be livery of seisin in every county." Sir Henry Finch, Law, or a Discourse Thereof 79 (1759).
County auditor
an official who examines a county's accounts and financial records.
body of a county.
A county as a whole.
county agent
See JUVENILE OFFICER,
county attorney
An attorney who represents a county in civil matters. ( In some jurisdictions, county attorneys prosecute criminal offenders.
county auditor
See AUDITOR,
county bond
A county-issued bond paid through a levy on a special taxing district, whether or not the district is coextensive with the county.
county commissioner
See COMMISSIONER.
county court
A court with powers and jurisdiction dictated by a state constitution or statute. ( The county court may govern administrative or judicial matters, depending on state law. - Also termed (in Louisiana) parish court.
county judge
A local judge having criminal or civil jurisdiction, or sometimes both, within a county.
county officer
See OFFICER.
county officer.
An officer whose authority and jurisdiction are confined to the limits of the county served. de facto officer. See officer de facto. de jure officer. See officer de jure.
county palatine
Hist. A county in which the lord held certain royal privileges, such as the right to pardon a felon or to have indictments recite that offenses were committed against the lord's - rather than the king's - peace. 0 In England, there were three such counties: Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The separate legal systems in these counties was slowly eliminated; the last vestiges of a separate system were abolished by the Courts Act (1971). Cf. proprietary government under GOVERNMENT.
county property
Property that a county is authorized to acquire, hold, or sell.
county purpose
An objective pursued by a county; esp., one that a county levies taxes for.
county seat
The municipality where a county's principal offices are located. - Also termed county town.
county supervisor
See county commissioner under COMMISSIONER.
county town
See COUNTY SEAT.
county warrant
A warrant drawn by a county official, directing the county treasurer to pay a sum of money out of county funds to bearer, to a named individual, or to the named individual's order. 4. SUBSCRIPTION WARRANT.
foreign county
Any county separate from that of a county where matters arising in the former county are called into question, though both may lie within the same state or country.
rere-county
Hist. A subsidiary English county court held by the sheriff on the day after the regular county court. - Also spelled rere county; rier county.
rier county.
See RERE-COUNTY.