Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amt \Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.]
   An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway.

         Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into
         several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds.
                                                  --Encyc. Brit.