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A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called earls in post-Celtic Britain and Ireland—the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings—but there is no correlation between counties and earldoms. Rather, county, from French comté, was simply used by the Normans after 1066 to replace the native English term scir ()—Modern English shire. A shire was an administrative division of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom (Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia, etc.), usually named after its administrative centre: for example, Gloucestershire, in Gloucester; Worcestershire, in Worcester; etc.Etymology of the word county.
Thus, whereas the word comté denoted a sovereign jurisdiction in the original French, the English county denotes a subdivision of a sovereign jurisdiction.
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1 killed in collision on Loop 202 in Mesa
Beth Duckett Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:30:40 -0700
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0700
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County Attorneys of Arizona - Provides a list with contact information.
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Vital Records Information for Arizona - Information about where to obtain copies of vital records (birth or death certificate, marriage license, divorce decree) in Arizona including addresses for vital records offices (county clerks, registrars) in every county.
Meta Description: [ How to obtain copies of vital records such as a birth certificate, birth record, death record, marriage license, marriage record, divorce decree, probate record or naturalization record in the State of Arizona. ]
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