SC - Commonwealth?

[Decker, Terry D.]

> > Rhiannon C. wrote
> > 
> > Well, state-wise, it's just a state.  Parish is used instead of county,
> > but
> > it meand the same thing.  State law, however, is based in the Napoleonic
> > Code, and that's where it gets weird.
> > 
>  
> Not in Mass.  There are parishes within counties.  I'm so confused!
> 
> Alys D.
> 
A parish is also a political subdivision of a British county, usually
corresponding to an ecclesiastical parish.  Since Massachusetts is one of
the original colonies, I would say your parishes are a holdover from the
British system.

Bear
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