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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 424 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BARONY , the domain of a

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baron (q.v.) . In

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Ireland counties are divided into " baronies," which are

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EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the " hundreds " (q.v.) in

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England, and seem to have been formed out of the territories of the Irish chiefs, as each submitted to

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ENGLISH

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RULE

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REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report of the

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CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

Census of England, iv . 181, 1873) . In

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TERM

term is applied to any large

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FREEHOLD

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ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate even when held by a commoner .

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