Compter - What does it mean?
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(obsolete) A counter. (en)
(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
* 2003 , John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England , Oxford, page 284
The difference between compter and is:
compter
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
- Each sheriff had his own compter , which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.