† countourcountorn.

Etymology: An earlier form of counter n.², Anglo-Norman countour, as an official title.

Obsolete.

1. English History. An accountant; an officer who appears to have assisted in early times in collecting or auditing the county dues.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > official

countour1297

parcel-maker1607

patwari1772

certified public accountant1896

1292 Britton ii. xxi. §3 Ou seignurs, ou counseillers, ou countours.]

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 538 Vor as he huld this hundred..Adam of Arderne was is chef countour.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6814 Bailifs, bedels, provost, countours; These lyven wel nygh by ravyne.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 361 A Frankeleyn was in his compaigny... At sessions ther was he lord and sire Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the Shire... A Shirreue hadde he been and Countour.

2. Law. An ancient term for a legal pleader, or serjeant-at-law; cf. count v. 11.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant

sergeant1297

countourc1325

the King's (or Queen's) Serjeant1423

servant1511

1275 Act 3 Edw. I c. 24 Si nul serjaunt, Contour, ou autre face nul manere deceyte ou collusion en la Court le Rey.]

c1325 Poem on Edw. II 342 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 339 And countours in benche that stondeth at the barre.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 292 A Countour was (if I am not deceiu'd) a Sergeant at Law, known also then by both names.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 17 a.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 92 Countours by M. Horne, are such Sergeants skilfull in the Law of the Realme, which serve the common people to pronounce and defend their Actions in judgement for their fee.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 24.

1861 H. T. Riley tr. Liber Albus 42 The Common Serjeant-at-law, who is otherwise called the ‘Common Countor’.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 373 (note) .

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	countour
释义	† countourcountorn. Etymology: An earlier form of counter n.², Anglo-Norman countour, as an official title. Obsolete. 1. English History. An accountant; an officer who appears to have assisted in early times in collecting or auditing the county dues. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > official countour1297 parcel-maker1607 patwari1772 certified public accountant1896 1292 Britton ii. xxi. §3 Ou seignurs, ou counseillers, ou countours.] 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 538 Vor as he huld this hundred..Adam of Arderne was is chef countour. c1400 Rom. Rose 6814 Bailifs, bedels, provost, countours; These lyven wel nygh by ravyne. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 361 A Frankeleyn was in his compaigny... At sessions ther was he lord and sire Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the Shire... A Shirreue hadde he been and Countour. 2. Law. An ancient term for a legal pleader, or serjeant-at-law; cf. count v. 11. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant sergeant1297 countourc1325 the King's (or Queen's) Serjeant1423 servant1511 1275 Act 3 Edw. I c. 24 Si nul serjaunt, Contour, ou autre face nul manere deceyte ou collusion en la Court le Rey.] c1325 Poem on Edw. II 342 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 339 And countours in benche that stondeth at the barre. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 292 A Countour was (if I am not deceiu'd) a Sergeant at Law, known also then by both names. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 17 a. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 92 Countours by M. Horne, are such Sergeants skilfull in the Law of the Realme, which serve the common people to pronounce and defend their Actions in judgement for their fee. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 24. 1861 H. T. Riley tr. Liber Albus 42 The Common Serjeant-at-law, who is otherwise called the ‘Common Countor’. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 373 (note) . This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1297
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