colloq. [f. prec.] trans. To sue (a person) in the county court, esp. for payment of a debt.
1852. R. S. Surtees, Sponge’s Sp. Tour, xlviii. 271. He had once been county-courted for a similar trespass before.
1858. Times, 29 Nov., 8/6. He said the defendant might County-court him for what he owed…. Lord Campbell observed that to ‘County-court’ was a new word in the English language.
1891. Daily News, 2 Oct., 2/5. You must county court me for the money.
