counties palatine

counties palatine
Certain counties of England, the owners of which enjoyed powers and privileges which were practically those of a king in his palace. Originally, there were three of these counties, Chester, owned by the earl of Chester, Durham, by the bishop of Durham, and Lancaster, by the duke of Lancaster. These privileges were probably extended to Chester and Durham because their counties bordered on Wales and Scotland which were hostile to England, and thus it was considered more feasible to protect them by a home government. See 1 Bl Comm 117.

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