county : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics
  agricultural agent; extension agent.
  

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• . See Commissioner.
• certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. U. S.

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• 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.

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• noun the elected governing body of a county
  

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• a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county.

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• noun the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
  county courthouse.
  

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• noun the boundary between two counties
  

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• noun the territory of a count palatine
  

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• a county distingushed 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.

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• 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.

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• noun the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
  county courthouse.
  

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• a county town . U.S.

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• the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. Eng.

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• noun the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
  shire town.
  

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• the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

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• noun the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded
  

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