(n.) A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.
(n.) A count; an earl or lord.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adults and immatures of Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls were collected by flagging vegetation and from lizards during a 3-mo period in the Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County, AZ, in 1991.
(2) Voluntary intake and nutritive value of diets selected by goats grazing a shrubland at Marin county, N.L., Mexico were determined.
(3) Patients with femoral neck fractures treated at a department of orthopedic surgery in a university hospital and one retrospective control sample from a department of general surgery in a county hospital.
(4) An investigation into the shooting by the Cuyahoga County sheriff’s office has been completed and handed to the office of McGinty, the county prosecutor.
(5) Essential parameters of hepatic functioning in 84 labourers, whose exposition to benzene is differing in assimilation as well as length of time is discussed.--45 persons from the same county without contact to benzene or hepatotoxic agents served as control-group.
(6) A senior shadow minister, who has not been named by the Telegraph in its exposé of MPs' expenses , was yesterday asked by county councillors not to campaign for next month's local elections.
(7) The Mexican-Americans of Starr County, Texas, classified by sex and birthplace, were studied to determine the extent of genetic variation and contributions from ancestral populations such as Spanish, Amerindian and West African.
(8) In a statement the Los Angeles County department of public health said: "Though legionella bacteria was identified in a water sample taken from the Playboy Mansion, this bacteria has not been determined as the source of the respiratory outbreak.
(9) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(10) Pope Francis’s no-longer-secret meeting in Washington DC with anti-gay activist Kim Davis, the controversial Kentucky county clerk who was briefly jailed over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses in compliance with state law, leaves LGBT people with no illusions about the Pope’s stance on equal rights for us, despite his call for inclusiveness.
(11) Customers won a significant victory in the battle with the banks earlier this month when a mass hearing was averted at Hull county court.
(12) The three counties sampled showed surprisingly little deviation in the percentages of inventories suggesting alcohol production and in the preferences for specific types of drinks.
(13) With an ambulance service staffed by doctors from the anaesthetic and intensive care units of the central hospitals it is possible to provide prehospital treatment in 70% of all severe traffic injuries in the County of Ringkøbing.
(14) Of leukemic children born in areas for which information on past influenza activity was available, the population-based Alameda County Cancer Registry recorded 89 cases during 1960-1969, the California Tumor Registry recorded 653 cases during 1950-1970, and Children's Hospital recorded 575 cases during 1957-1972.
(15) Iowa (10pm ET) Real Clear Politics average: Obama +2.0pt 2008 result: Obama won by 9.4pt 2004 result: Bush won by 0.7pt Swing counties with 50k+ population: Polk (+5.1), Scott (+5.0), Woodbury (-10.0) This state is where the primary season begins, and it likes to keep Americans guessing.
(16) Our object is to deliver the best possible services for people in Herefordshire from the resources available in the county."
(17) Many characteristics of California's counties that correlate with physician-population ratios also correlate with psychiatrist-population ratios, with their changes through time and with rural counties' ability to attract psychiatrists.
(18) Cameras have been set up by the zoo to track his movements and footpaths in the area closed by the county council.
(19) Heights, weights and head circumferences were obtained from two groups of primary school children: 1016 children from throughout Oxfordshire, a rural county with few areas of deprivation, and 219 children from an economically deprived part of the city of Newcastle on Tyne.
(20) Two standardized respiratory questionnaires were administered to 946 white male participants in a long-term study of respiratory symptoms in Washington County, Md.
Duchy
Definition:
(n.) The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
Example Sentences:
(1) The issue has been raised by an accountant investigating the tax affairs of the duchy – an agricultural, commercial and residential landowner.
(2) The prince's spokesman, asked about the effect of the judge's ruling, gave a different reason to the duchy for the estate not paying corporation tax.
(3) "In modern times, neither the Queen nor the Prince of Wales has refused to consent to any bill affecting Crown, Duchy of Lancaster or Duchy of Cornwall interests, unless advised to do so by ministers," the palace said.
(4) Alas, Charles could not, any more than his great Uncle Edward VIII in 1936 , take the salary with him on emigration; the duchy is public property.
(5) "Duchy Originals products have always been firm favourites with our customers, and we now have the opportunity to develop the range into the definitive premium, sustainable British food brand."
(6) The Duchy's revised proposal stated that it would build no homes if the council did not accept the reduced figure.
(7) They started producing Liz Cox bags from a Duchy of Cornwall stone barn overlooking a cow field, selling to a network of hundreds of shops.
(8) Any change to the duchy's tax status threatens to reduce the annual surplus paid to the prince for his private and official spending.
(9) But will they sell Duchy Originals at the concession stand?
(10) The title and property of the Duchy of Cornwall were created in 1337 by Edward III, and were given by royal charter to his son, the Prince of Wales also known as the Black Prince.
(11) Andrews explained: "Granted that these proposed changes ... will apply to construction contracts entered into by or on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall, we should be very grateful to receive the consent of the Prince of Wales."
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Herbal tinctures by Duchy Originals, the Prince of Wales’s company.
(13) Bills in parliament that would affect the sovereign's private interests (or the royal prerogative) require the Queen's consent; by extension, therefore, bills that would affect the duchy also require consent, and since the Prince of Wales administers the duchy he also performs the function of considering and granting relevant requests for consent.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Guardian reporter Rupert Neate attempts to track down the staff of Arteva Europe The new revelations will step up the pressure on Juncker who, in his former role as prime minister of Luxembourg, pointedly praised Luxembourg’s tax policies, something that attracted Skype to the Grand Duchy.
(15) "The whole point about the duchy is that it is set up specifically, and indeed is required by law, to maintain its capital, to roll over and maintain its capital and to invest in the future so as to generate income for the future.
(16) It was hard not to think of a world of Duchy Original buildings nurtured in the flowerbeds of Highgrove and fed with organic concepts and craftsmanship.
(17) The Prince of Wales's most senior official is to defend the tax status of his £763m Duchy of Cornwall hereditary estate before the Commons public accounts committee, which has already scrutinised the tax affairs of Starbucks, Google and Amazon.
(18) The test case involved a local environmental campaigner, Michael Bruton, who was concerned about the duchy leasing waters for farming Pacific oysters in the Lower Fal and Helford intertidal area in Cornwall.
(19) Prince Charles relies on duchy profits to fund his lifestyle and work, and last year received £18m in profits from the estate.
(20) So far, homes for 1,200 residents have been built on 101 hectares (250 acres) of Duchy of Cornwall land.