county court

noun

1. (in the U.S.)

   1. an administrative board in counties in some states.

   2. a judicial tribunal in some states with jurisdiction extending over one or more counties.

2. (in England)

   1. the lowest civil tribunal, having limited jurisdiction, mostly for the recovery of small debts.

   2. (formerly) the assembly of local residents who met periodically in each county under the presidency of the sheriff to transact the judicial and administrative business of the county.

county court

noun

1. (in England) a local court exercising limited jurisdiction in civil matters

Word History and Origins

Origin of county court¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

Billy Harding, a Southwark Law Centre housing case worker assisting at Wandsworth County Court on Wednesday, said people were turning up "at crisis point".

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One landlord attending Norwich County Court also told of how anxious she was about coming to court to try to collect £2,200 in unpaid rent.

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On the day the BBC joined Ms Davies for a day at Ipswich County Court, where she volunteers with the Ipswich County Court Advice and Representation Service, none of the five people facing mortgage repossession cases turned up.

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The 65-year-old learned he would lose his home in Thetford, Norfolk, during a brisk 10-minute county court hearing earlier this year.

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The case that Thomas teed up — and that the Supreme Court refused to hear on Monday — came in the form of an appeal by Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county court clerk who served six days in jail after denying marriage licenses to gay couples in 2015 based on her religious beliefs.

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