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noun(in the U.S.) - an administrative board in counties in some states.
- a judicial tribunal in some states with jurisdiction extending over one or more counties.
(in England) - the lowest civil tribunal, having limited jurisdiction, mostly for the recovery of small debts.
- (formerly) the assembly of local residents who met periodically in each county under the presidency of the sheriff to transact the judicial and administrative business of the county.
Origin of county courtFirst recorded in 1525–35 Words nearby county courtcounty agent, county board, county borough, county clerk, county commissioner, county court, county fair, county farm, county home, county palatine, county seat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for county courtAnd the expense of trying a suit before the justices in eyre might not be very much greater than in the county-court. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam In those days we thought an Indian Judgeship about equal to a county-court judgeship at home. Night and Day|Virginia Woolf I passed to the county-court, and looked over the docket—no new divorce cases met my gaze. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)|Various They were permitted to decide petty suits among themselves, but for more important matters were to repair to the county-court. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
British Dictionary definitions for county court
noun(in England) a local court exercising limited jurisdiction in civil matters Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |