Comitatus

COMITATUS. A county. Most of the states are divided into counties; some, as Louisiana, are divided into parishes.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

Mentioned in

"The Civil Rights Cases"
constitutional law
Corpus comitatus
Disaster Relief
Habere facias possessionem
National Guard
posse comitatus
Rescous
Scyregemote
sheriff

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