County Palatine in United States
County Palatine Definition
A county possessing certain peculiar privileges. The owners of such counties have kingly powers within their jurisdictions, as the pardoning crimes, issuing writs, etc. These counties have either passed into the hands of the crown, or have lost their peculiar privileges to a great degree. 1 Bl. Comm. 117; 4 Bl, Comm. 431. The name is derived from palatium (palace), and was applied because the earls anciently had palaces, and maintained regal state, Cowell; Spelsian; 1 Bl. Comm. 117.
County Palatine in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| County Palatine | County Palatine in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| County Palatine | County Palatine in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| County Palatine | County Palatine in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| County Palatine | County Palatine in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| County Palatine | County Palatine in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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A county possessing certain peculiar privileges. The owners of such counties have kingly powers within their jurisdictions, as the pardoning crimes, issuing writs, etc. These counties have either passed into the hands of the crown, or have lost their peculiar privileges to a great degree. 1 Bl. Comm. 117; 4 Bl, Comm. 431. The name is derived from palatium (palace), and was applied because the earls anciently had palaces, and maintained regal state, Cowell; Spelsian; 1 Bl. Comm. 117.
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