COUNTEE - Black's Law Dictionary

What is COUNTEE? Definition of COUNTEE in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

In old  English law.  The  most eminent dignity  of a subject  before  the Conquest. He was  prcefectus or prcepositus comitatus, and had the charge and  custody of the county; but this authority is now vested in the sheriff.  9 Coke, 46.

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