county courtn.

Brit.

/ˌkaʊntɪ ˈkɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌkaʊn(t)i ˈkɔrt/

Forms: see county n.¹ and adj. and court n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: county n.¹, court n.¹

Etymology: < county n.¹ + court n.¹

Law.

1. In England and Wales.

a. A court held periodically by the sheriff of a county for carrying out certain judicial and administrative functions. Now historical.The nature of the functions of the court, the survival of the old folkmoot, shiremoot, or shire court, varied considerably throughout history. It was formerly frequently known simply as the county (see county n.¹ 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > held periodically

sizea1300

shire-court1376

county?1387

assizec1405

view of frankpledge1495

county courtc1520

quarter sessions1538

c1520 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 133 At the countey court then next folowyng.

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 25 The saide Countye Courtes are holden from Sixe Wekes to Sixe Wekes.

1629 Vse of Law 9 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light The Countie Court..wherein men may sue monethly for any debt or dammages vnder 40'.

1688 J. Bramston Autobiogr. 346 On whom the gentlemen at the countie court on which an election should have been made, had agreed for knights.

1736 Weekly Misc. 10 Apr. Before the Courts were settled in Westminster-Hall, Errors of false Judgment in the County Courts were brought into Parliament.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 35 The county court is a court incident to the jurisdiction of the sheriff. It..may hold pleas of debt or damages under the value of forty shillings.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. §203 The county court in its full session..contained the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, and freeholders, [etc.].

1930 H. M. Cam Hundred & Hundred Rolls iii. ix. 92 The pleas and perquisites of the county court made a considerable item in the revenues for which the sheriff accounted to the king.

2006 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 48 296 If the lord failed to do right by the plaintiff, the plaintiff could have the case removed to the county court.

b. A judicial court for civil cases, chiefly for the recovery of small debts.County courts were established in 1846 (mainly as a reconstitution of the earlier courts described in sense 1a: quot. 1842 refers to an anticipatory legislative reform of the these). Since its establishment the powers of this court have been regularly extended. The court retains an unlimited jurisdiction for claims in contract and tort, and hears some appeals.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with debt or bankruptcy

Court of Conscience1603

Court of Requests1603

Court of Inquest1706

county court1846

bankruptcy court1864

1842 Times 26 July 5/4 The Lord Chancellor is to appoint a number of barristers to be judges of county courts... These judges are to have compulsory jurisdiction of all pleas of personal actions, where the debt or damage claimed is not more than 20l.]

1846 Act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95 §2 The County Court shall be holden for the Recovery of Debts and Demands under this Act.

1858 Penny Cycl. 2nd Suppl. 158/2 The new County Courts first established for the recovery of claims not exceeding 20l. in amount, in 1846, but whose jurisdiction has since been considerably extended.

1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life ii. 24 Justice was slow and expensive. There were no county courts.

1921 Times 29 Oct. 5/7 In a possession case at Clerkenwell County Court, yesterday, if was stated that 20 persons were living in a house of five rooms and a kitchen.

1960 T. Cole European Polit. Syst. v. 109 The county court also has restricted jurisdiction in equity, admiralty, bankruptcy, land recovery, and in actions arising out of social legislation.

2012 Northern Echo (Nexis) 5 Dec. 18 The civil case, which is being heard at the county court in Middlesbrough, is due to last for two weeks.

2. U.S. A court in some states (formerly British colonies) having either an administrative function or jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases in a county.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts in U.S.

General Court1628

county court1639

praetorial1639

precinct court1669

supreme bench1767

Supreme Court1787

justice court1793

oyer and terminer1840

circuit-court1843

chancery1850

1639 in Arch. Maryland (1914) XXXIV. 664 An Act for the Erecting of a County Court.

1656 Jrnl. House of Burgesses of Virginia (1915) 101 It is ordered that the comissioners the next county court make enquirie of the desires of the inhabitants.

1685 S. Sewall Diary 2 July (1973) I. 68 After the County Court is over, is a Conference at his Honours.

1705 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 97 It is proposed that at every County Court..the sherif of the County & Church Wardens of each parish shall attend.

1750 Acts & Laws Connecticut 184 The Person Offending shall be Recognized to Answer such Complaint at the next County Court.

1827 B. Drake & E. C. Mansfield Cincinnati vi. 50 The Supreme and County Courts are held in the Court House at the intersection of Main and Court Streets.

1836 Southern Lit. Messenger June 433/2 County courts are attended by functionaries, litigants, and very near neighbors.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlii. 112 Local courts..We hear of..quarter sessions, hustings' courts, county courts, etc.

1907 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. 16/2 The company was found guilty in the County Court of maintaining a smoke nuisance at its power house in Kent Avenue.

1954 ABA Jrnl. Sept. 756/1 In every county in Illinois there is a county court of limited jurisdiction whose judge in most, but not all instances, is a lawyer.

2013 Brattleboro (Vermont) Reformer (Nexis) 8 Jan. The Reformer was unable to contact the county court to determine how Lester's previous case was resolved.

Compounds

General attributive, in county court district, county court judge, county court summons, etc.

ΚΠ

1650 W. Leach Proposalls Act Prevention Great Trouble & Charge 9 By the space of 3. or 4. County Court dayes of the same County.

1704 Abridgem. Laws in Force & Use in Her Majesty's Plantations 21 Certain additional Fees allow'd to County Court Clerks, in Tobacco.

1789 G. Washington Let. 19 Feb. in Papers (1987) Presidential Ser. I. 324 I would have you take the opinion of some eminent Lawyer upon the matter..not that of a young County Court Lawyer.

1837 Southern Lit. Messenger Apr. 223/1 Part of a speech..made by a member of Congress to his constituents..on a county-court-day.

1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. i. 15 The balance..exceeded the salary of a county court judge.

1905 Times 30 May 16/4 To raise the status of the County Court clerk to a level..with his brother clerk of the High Court.

1943 Annals. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 227 65/1 Every county court district in the country has a liabilities adjustment officer.

1970 Hansard Lords 19 Nov. 1250 Judges of the Crown Court..will consist of the High Court Judges, the existing county court judges, the official referees and all full-time judges with criminal jurisdiction above the level of the stipendiary magistrates.

1996 P. Wilde Which? Guide to Renting & Letting (rev. ed.) x. 156 When the notice expires you must file a county court summons and particulars of claim form.

2008 Observer 27 Apr. (Business & Media section) 15/3 Their web-sites are targeted at people with poor credit records, who..have county court judgments against them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	county court
释义	county courtn. Brit. /ˌkaʊntɪ ˈkɔːt/, U.S. /ˌkaʊn(t)i ˈkɔrt/ Forms: see county n.¹ and adj. and court n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: county n.¹, court n.¹ Etymology: < county n.¹ + court n.¹ Law. 1. In England and Wales. a. A court held periodically by the sheriff of a county for carrying out certain judicial and administrative functions. Now historical.The nature of the functions of the court, the survival of the old folkmoot, shiremoot, or shire court, varied considerably throughout history. It was formerly frequently known simply as the county (see county n.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > held periodically sizea1300 shire-court1376 county?1387 assizec1405 view of frankpledge1495 county courtc1520 quarter sessions1538 c1520 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 133 At the countey court then next folowyng. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 25 The saide Countye Courtes are holden from Sixe Wekes to Sixe Wekes. 1629 Vse of Law 9 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light The Countie Court..wherein men may sue monethly for any debt or dammages vnder 40'. 1688 J. Bramston Autobiogr. 346 On whom the gentlemen at the countie court on which an election should have been made, had agreed for knights. 1736 Weekly Misc. 10 Apr. Before the Courts were settled in Westminster-Hall, Errors of false Judgment in the County Courts were brought into Parliament. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 35 The county court is a court incident to the jurisdiction of the sheriff. It..may hold pleas of debt or damages under the value of forty shillings. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. §203 The county court in its full session..contained the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, and freeholders, [etc.]. 1930 H. M. Cam Hundred & Hundred Rolls iii. ix. 92 The pleas and perquisites of the county court made a considerable item in the revenues for which the sheriff accounted to the king. 2006 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 48 296 If the lord failed to do right by the plaintiff, the plaintiff could have the case removed to the county court. b. A judicial court for civil cases, chiefly for the recovery of small debts.County courts were established in 1846 (mainly as a reconstitution of the earlier courts described in sense 1a: quot. 1842 refers to an anticipatory legislative reform of the these). Since its establishment the powers of this court have been regularly extended. The court retains an unlimited jurisdiction for claims in contract and tort, and hears some appeals. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with debt or bankruptcy Court of Conscience1603 Court of Requests1603 Court of Inquest1706 county court1846 bankruptcy court1864 1842 Times 26 July 5/4 The Lord Chancellor is to appoint a number of barristers to be judges of county courts... These judges are to have compulsory jurisdiction of all pleas of personal actions, where the debt or damage claimed is not more than 20l.] 1846 Act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95 §2 The County Court shall be holden for the Recovery of Debts and Demands under this Act. 1858 Penny Cycl. 2nd Suppl. 158/2 The new County Courts first established for the recovery of claims not exceeding 20l. in amount, in 1846, but whose jurisdiction has since been considerably extended. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life ii. 24 Justice was slow and expensive. There were no county courts. 1921 Times 29 Oct. 5/7 In a possession case at Clerkenwell County Court, yesterday, if was stated that 20 persons were living in a house of five rooms and a kitchen. 1960 T. Cole European Polit. Syst. v. 109 The county court also has restricted jurisdiction in equity, admiralty, bankruptcy, land recovery, and in actions arising out of social legislation. 2012 Northern Echo (Nexis) 5 Dec. 18 The civil case, which is being heard at the county court in Middlesbrough, is due to last for two weeks. 2. U.S. A court in some states (formerly British colonies) having either an administrative function or jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases in a county. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts in U.S. General Court1628 county court1639 praetorial1639 precinct court1669 supreme bench1767 Supreme Court1787 justice court1793 oyer and terminer1840 circuit-court1843 chancery1850 1639 in Arch. Maryland (1914) XXXIV. 664 An Act for the Erecting of a County Court. 1656 Jrnl. House of Burgesses of Virginia (1915) 101 It is ordered that the comissioners the next county court make enquirie of the desires of the inhabitants. 1685 S. Sewall Diary 2 July (1973) I. 68 After the County Court is over, is a Conference at his Honours. 1705 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 97 It is proposed that at every County Court..the sherif of the County & Church Wardens of each parish shall attend. 1750 Acts & Laws Connecticut 184 The Person Offending shall be Recognized to Answer such Complaint at the next County Court. 1827 B. Drake & E. C. Mansfield Cincinnati vi. 50 The Supreme and County Courts are held in the Court House at the intersection of Main and Court Streets. 1836 Southern Lit. Messenger June 433/2 County courts are attended by functionaries, litigants, and very near neighbors. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlii. 112 Local courts..We hear of..quarter sessions, hustings' courts, county courts, etc. 1907 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. 16/2 The company was found guilty in the County Court of maintaining a smoke nuisance at its power house in Kent Avenue. 1954 ABA Jrnl. Sept. 756/1 In every county in Illinois there is a county court of limited jurisdiction whose judge in most, but not all instances, is a lawyer. 2013 Brattleboro (Vermont) Reformer (Nexis) 8 Jan. The Reformer was unable to contact the county court to determine how Lester's previous case was resolved. Compounds General attributive, in county court district, county court judge, county court summons, etc. ΚΠ 1650 W. Leach Proposalls Act Prevention Great Trouble & Charge 9 By the space of 3. or 4. County Court dayes of the same County. 1704 Abridgem. Laws in Force & Use in Her Majesty's Plantations 21 Certain additional Fees allow'd to County Court Clerks, in Tobacco. 1789 G. Washington Let. 19 Feb. in Papers (1987) Presidential Ser. I. 324 I would have you take the opinion of some eminent Lawyer upon the matter..not that of a young County Court Lawyer. 1837 Southern Lit. Messenger Apr. 223/1 Part of a speech..made by a member of Congress to his constituents..on a county-court-day. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. i. 15 The balance..exceeded the salary of a county court judge. 1905 Times 30 May 16/4 To raise the status of the County Court clerk to a level..with his brother clerk of the High Court. 1943 Annals. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 227 65/1 Every county court district in the country has a liabilities adjustment officer. 1970 Hansard Lords 19 Nov. 1250 Judges of the Crown Court..will consist of the High Court Judges, the existing county court judges, the official referees and all full-time judges with criminal jurisdiction above the level of the stipendiary magistrates. 1996 P. Wilde Which? Guide to Renting & Letting (rev. ed.) x. 156 When the notice expires you must file a county court summons and particulars of claim form. 2008 Observer 27 Apr. (Business & Media section) 15/3 Their web-sites are targeted at people with poor credit records, who..have county court judgments against them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). county courtv. Brit. /ˌkaʊntɪ ˈkɔːt/, U.S. /ˌkaʊn(t)i ˈkɔrt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: county court n. Etymology: < county court n. colloquial. Now chiefly historical. transitive. To sue (a person) in the county court, esp. for payment of a debt. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] > sue or institute action against > in specific court libel1805 exchequer1811 county court1835 1835 Essex Standard 7 Sept. If he county-courted him he should never forget it so long as he lived. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ix. xlviii. 271 He had once been county-courted for a similar trespass before. 1858 Times 29 Nov. 8/6 He said the defendant might County-court him for what he owed..Lord Campbell observed that to ‘County-court’ was a new word in the English language. 1891 Daily News 2 Oct. 2/5 You must county-court me for the money. 1950 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July 450/2 None of us likes to be ‘summonsed’ or ‘County Courted’. 2010 P. Johnson Making Market ii. 57 The experience of being ‘county courted’ was common among manual workers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1520v.1835
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county courtn.

Compounds

county courtv.