Count, Or Countee
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Count, or Countee [fr. Comte, Fr.; comes, Lat.], the most eminent dignity of a subject before the Conquest. He was pr'fectus or pr'positus comitatus, and had the charge and custody of the county; but this authority is now vested in the sheriff, 9 Rep. 46.
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