Also known as: hundreds · hundredal · hundredarius · hundredary · hundredor · hundredpenny
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A former administrative subdivision of a county in England that maintained its own local court and performed public functions such as maintaining order and collecting taxes. In the United States the unit was adopted in several colonies and survives today only in Delaware.
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Helena Hoffman owns farmland inside a hundred in colonial Delaware. When the hundred court levies its annual assessment she pays the collector directly rather than sending payment to the county seat. The payment satisfies her obligation because the hundred retains authority to raise revenue for local needs.
Hector Huerta brings a boundary quarrel to the hundred court after neighbors disagree over fence placement. The hundred's local justices hear testimony from residents and issue a binding order that ends the conflict without requiring travel to the county seat.
Hiroshi Hasegawa serves as constable of his hundred and must pursue a suspected thief who fled across the boundary. Because the hundred maintains its own peacekeeping officers the constable acts under hundred authority rather than county or state direction.
Harold Hunt posts notice of the next hundred assembly on the meeting-house door. All freeholders within the hundred are expected to attend so the group can elect officers and approve expenditures for road repairs.
Holly Hayes is summoned to serve on a hundred jury after a local resident is accused of theft. The hundred court draws its panel from residents of the subdivision ensuring that the jurors know the parties and the local customs.
Henry Harrison surveys the edge of his property and discovers an ancient stone marking the limit of the original hundred. The marker confirms that his land lies inside the hundred and therefore remains subject to its historic court jurisdiction.
A hundred maintained its own court that resolved minor disputes collected taxes and kept the peace. Residents elected local officers who carried out these duties without waiting for county officials.
Only Delaware retains the hundred as an active political subdivision. The other colonies that once used the unit replaced it with counties or townships after independence.
A hundred was smaller than a county and operated its own court and tax system. The county sat above the hundred and handled matters that crossed hundred boundaries or required broader authority.
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