Meaning Of The Word Quarter sessions
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Quarter sessions Meaning
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quarter sessions in American English
a local court, as in England or the U.S., that sits quarterly; specif., an English local court having civil and criminal jurisdiction, except in cases involving the most serious crimes noun: an English court of general criminal jurisdiction for crimes less than homicide, held quarterly quarter sessions in British English (in England and Wales, formerly) a criminal court held four times a year before justices of the peace or a recorder, empowered to try all but the most serious offences and to hear appeals from petty sessions. Replaced in 1972 by crown courts |
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