Title: County court - Wikipedia
Headings: County court
County court
Contents
England and Wales
Australia
Northern Ireland
United States
Municipal blendings
Ireland
Footnotes
See also

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The County Court of Victoria
A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more counties, which are administrative divisions (subnational entities) within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of county courts held by the high sheriff of each county. Contents
1 England and Wales
2 Australia
3 Northern Ireland
4 United States
4.1 Municipal blendings
5 Ireland
6 Footnotes
7 See also
England and Wales
Main article: County Court (England and Wales)
Court building in Oxford used by the Crown Court and County Court. Since 2014, England and Wales have had what is officially described as "a single civil court" named the County Court, with unlimited financial jurisdiction. However it should be understood that there are County Court buildings and courtrooms throughout England and Wales, not one single location. It is "a single civil court" in the sense of a single centrally organised and administered court system. Before 2014 there were numerous separate county court systems, each with jurisdiction across England and Wales for enforcement of its orders, but each with a defined "county court district" from which it took claims. County court districts did not have the same boundaries as counties: