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county at large

noun

Etymology

From county + at large.

  1. inherited from at large — “at liberty or freedom”

Definitions

  1. The whole of a county, as distinct from some portion of it

    • It then became the duty of the House to consider in what way the new members were to be elected, and whether they had not better be chosen by a division of the county, than by the county at large.

  2. The portion of a county not part of subordinate jurisdictions such as boroughs

    • Prior to the Union it sent fourteen members to the Irish parliament, namely, two for the county at large, and two for each of the boroughs of Newry, Downpatrick, Bangor, Hillsborough, Killyleagh, and Newtown-Ardes.

  3. A county which is not a county corporate

    • And be it enacted, That wherever the Word "County" occurs in this Act, the same shall be construed to extend to and comprehend a County of a City or a County of a Town, as well as a County at large.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA