Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins

e County in i

e have c

and

the American, grew out of

eriff; shire-mot

r, or "cro

; the Quarter Session

county; beginnings of c

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Modern County i

rs, etc.; shire-to

he peace, and

sh

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The Old Vir

tled; extensive land

rs; absence of

ition of t

; the vestry was

of th

s the unit of

was virtually a

-seat, or

the court;

nty-lie

ia and old New England, in

inion of towns

y" in old

een prolific i

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