Definitions
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- noun the territory of a count palatine
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Ferdinand leagued himself with (1) Maximilian, duke of Bavaria, head of the Catholic League, who helped him subdue the Austrian estates; (2) Spain (Spinola invaded the County Palatine; Treaty of Ulm, July 3, 1620; neutrality of the Protestant Union secured); and (3) the Lutheran elector of Saxony, who resubjugated Lusatia and Silesia.
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A.D. 970, and the Abbots of Ely successively exercised powers nearly similar to a County Palatine, and after the change from an abbacy to a bishopric, the bishops continued to exercise similar authority until the reign of Henry VIII., when they were greatly abridged by an Act of
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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County Palatine, till Henry III bestowed the title on his son Edward; since which time the eldest sons of the kings of England have always been Earls of Chester.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828 Various
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Gazetteer of the County of Lancaster_; _History of the County Palatine and
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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In the County Palatine, as elsewhere in England, actual legislation came into existence slowly.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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There is no better way of understanding the County Palatine in America than to examine the same institution in England.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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It was, rather, the County Palatine -- in point of authority the highest form of the manor.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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This was undoubtedly in direct imitation of the County Palatine.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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He realized for the County Palatine, as applied to colonization, whatever advantages inhere in it as a system.
The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729) 1894
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Auchterarder being the only Royal Burgh in Strathearn, was the head burgh of that County Palatine and the seat of a Sheriffdom, the area of which was probably co-extensive with Strathearn.
Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter 1883
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