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The first judges held court on the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia starting in 1632 by meeting in private homes, ordinaries and taverns. In 1677 the court was moved to an area called "The Hornes", later to be called Peachburg Town, and then Eastville. The site has served as the seat of Northampton County government since that time.
Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946), was a case decided by the US Supreme Court, which ruled that a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk even though the sidewalk was part of a privately-owned company town.
The United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Courthouse of Vilnius regional court and Court of Appeal of Lithuania in Vilnius. A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit.
Private jurisdiction is the right of an individual or a legal entity to establish courts of law. It was prevalent during feudalism . A franchise , such as a corporation , a jurisdiction, or a right to collect certain tolls or taxes, was, in effect, a kind of property: an " incorporeal hereditament ".
Belton Court was as much of a museum as it was a private residence. Peck devoted as much energy to his avocation of book and manuscript collecting as to his business and political career; he was deeply interested in New England history. When sold at auction in 1944, his book collection numbered 8,000 volumes, expensively bound and in excellent ...
Court – This suffix came into use in the 16th century [3] [4] [5] and was applied to the buildings where lords would receive their tenants (i.e., "hold court"). [ 6 ] Castle – Non-royal castles were generally the residences of feudal barons , whose baronies might comprise several dozen other manors.
A consolidated town hall, police, and fire station in South Palm Beach, Florida [7]. In Commonwealth countries, the term "town hall" may be used even in a city. [8] This is often the case in the United Kingdom (examples being Manchester Town Hall and Liverpool Town Hall), Australia (Sydney Town Hall), New Zealand, and elsewhere.
Built as a farmhouse in 1768 and expanded between 1790 and 1796 by Joseph Kingsland. Samuel Johnson House Franklin Corners: c. 1770: Residence Liberty Hall: Union: 1772 Residence The home of William Livingston the first governor of New Jersey. Rancocas Friends Meeting House Rancocas: 1772 Religious Crosswicks Friends Meeting House: Crosswicks: 1773