Definition of County seat. Meaning of County seat. Synonyms of County seat

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Definition of County seat

County seat
3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. County commissioners. See Commissioner. County corporate, 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. County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. County palatine, a county distinguished 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. County rates, 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.] County seat, a county town. [U.S.] County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] County town, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

Meaning of County seat from wikipedia

- A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada...
- 58 counties. The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by...
- 1883 to Washoe county. Ormsby County, Nevada, one of the original nine counties formed in 1861. Consolidated in 1969 with the county seat, Carson City,...
- functionally equivalent to counties. Also in Virginia, a county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the...
- statistical areas List of Texas county seat name etymologies List of counties in Georgia writer, Statf (2022). "TEXAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW" (PDF). ce...
- M****achusetts town having a county court and administration offices; a county can have multiple shire towns. County seat is the standard term used in...
- There are 88 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Nine of them existed at the time of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802. A tenth county, Wayne, was...
- state criminal and civil law and local ordinances in the county. There are no official county seats, but the locations of borough halls and courthouses bestow...
- Pennsylvania counties by per capita income List of county seats in Pennsylvania (by po****tion) List of Pennsylvania Muni****lities and Counties with Home...
- County Seat was an American clothing retailer founded in 1973. With more than 740 stores at its peak, the chain closed in 1999 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy...