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'''A Ting '''is a place where leading citizens would meet in the olden days to discuss and settle disputes.  This place would represent a large area such as a ''county'' ''(Len ''or ''Amt,'' today ''Fylke''), ''district'' (herred) or even a larger area.  Here free men and representatives of the court would meet to settle disagreements, bring forth complaints or hear the law.  This was in Norwegian called ''Lagting.''  Early on twelve well respected men from the community were appointed as  members of the court, and they were along with the bailiff responsible for all court cases.  A''Ting'' was also a term used for set days when a court was in session at given places in the country.  In the cities it was called ''Byting ''and in the rural areas it was called ''Herredsting.''  There were several other set times for the court to meet, such as the ''Høstting ''(fall court), ''Vårting ''(spring court), even ''Månedsting ''(month court), and ''Ekstrating ''(extra court).  The last one pertained to registration of documents.  The old way of conducting ''Ting'' was changed in 1927 when a new system was put in place.  From the year 1927 both the civil and criminal dealings were handled by the ''Herredsrett ''in the rural area and ''Byrett ''in the citites.  The date and time for these proceedings are now scheduled by a judge in each inividual case.