1 Bl. Comm. 120.—County court. A court of high coed rtd in England, incident to the jurisdiction of the sheriff. It is not a court of record, but may hold pleas of debt or damages, under the value of forty shillings. The freeholders of the county (anciently termed the “suitors” of the court) are the real judges in this court, and the sheriff is the ministerial officer. See 8 BI. Comm. 35, 36; 3 Steph.

2 Bl. Comm. 49, 50. The work was begun by five justices in each county in 1081, and finished in 1086.

(St. 18 Car. II. « 6.) Jacob.