单词 | county corporate |
释义 | > as lemmascounty corporate b. An English, Welsh, or Irish city or town given the status and powers of a county, esp. the right to be governed by its own elected officers independent of those of the county in which it is situated. Also more fully county corporate (also corporate county). Now historical.The status of county was given at various times to a number of cities and towns in England and Ireland, with a certain portion of adjoining territory; these were separated from the county in which they were situated, and made counties in their own right. They were abolished in Ireland in 1899 and in England and Wales in 1974. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > with adjoining territory shire1433 county?1449 shire-borough1898 ?1449 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 159/1 The said John Bury..shuld be oon of the Sargeauntes of oure said Soveraigne Lord atte Armes..takyng xii d. by the day, terme of his lyf, of the ferme of the Countees of London and Midd[lesex]. ?a1500 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 125 Ȝe schall swere that ȝe schall well and truly seruyn owre lord the Kyng in the offys of Schrevehood in the Cite and the Counte of Norwych, suburbes, hamelettes, procintis, and Circuites of the same Cite and Counte. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 13 The county of the City of Yorke..the county of the town of Kingston vpon Hull, The county Palatine of Lancaster, the county of Salop, Leicester, Hereford and Lincolne. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 107 King Henry..did..make this city [sc. Exeter], with its suburbs, a County..by means whereof they have justices of the peace, a sheriff, constables, and all other officers that pertained to a county. 1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. T3 Besides these Counties..there be likewise Counties Corporate..these be certain Cities, or ancient Boroughs of the Land, upon which the Princes of our Nation have thought good to bestow such extraordinary Liberties. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 115 There are also counties corporate; which are certain cities and towns, some with more, some with less territory annexed to them. 1831 Morning Post 18 Aug. Canterbury, for instance, was a corporate county. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 18/1 Cork, a city, the assize town of the county of Cork..situated in the county of the city of Cork..The county of the city consists of the city, suburbs, and liberties. 1859 Polit. Perils 26 There are in England nineteen Counties-Corporate, that is, cities, or boroughs which are counties of themselves. 1931 N.Y. Times 20 June 17/4 He had been a Justice of the Peace for the city and county of Newcastle for the last forty years and for the borough of Tynemouth five years longer. 1975 C. N. Packett County Lieutenancy United Kingdom 131 During the Commonwealth, the Assessment Acts treated some corporate counties, such as Poole and Lichfield, as separate counties. 2004 P. Webb in S. Whiteley et al. Music, Space & Place 70 Bristol is the largest city in the South West of England... Historically a county in its own right, it lies between Somerset and Gloucestershire. < as lemmas |
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