classification of counties

classification of counties
The practice of grouping or classifying counties by population, authorized in some states, for the purpose of fixing the compensation of county officers, the purpose of regulating the registration of voters and the conduct of elections, or the selection and impanelment of jurors, or in relation to the establishment, jurisdiction, and procedure of courts.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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