DURHAM

Durham  (d<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>m).  One  of  the  three  remaining  county  palatines  in

England,  the  others  being  Chester  and  Lancaster.  •  Its  jurisdiction  was  vested  in  the  Bishop  of

Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Will. 4, ch. 19 vested it as a separate franchise and royalty in the

Crown.  The jurisdiction  of  the  Durham  Court  of  Pleas  was  transferred  to  the  Supreme  Court  of

Judicature by  the  Judicature  Act  of  1873,  but Durham  continued  to  maintain  a  Chancery  Court

according to the Palatine Court of Durham Act of 1889. See COUNTY PALATINE. [Blacks Law 8th]