A county palatine in Eng-land, the Jurisdictlon of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 1 Vfm. IV. c. 19, vested it as a separate franchlse and royalty in the crown. The Jurisdiction of the Durham court of pleas was transferred to the supreme court of judlca-ture by the Judicature act of 1873. 1
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
