单词 | easter sittings |
释义 | > as lemmasEaster sittings Easter sittings n. (formerly also Easter sitting) a period between Easter and Whitsun, during which the Courts in England are sitting and fully available for judicial business; cf. sitting n. 3a. ΚΠ 1679 R. Haines Method of Govt. 5 That every Parish, and Parishes united, do bring a fair account..to the Justices at their Easter sitting. ?1823 R. Carlile Proc. Mock Trial 35 Why was not this trial brought on after the Easter sittings? 1890 H. R. Haggard Beatrice (1894) xix. 179 It was the Friday before Whit-Sunday, and the last day of the Easter sittings. 1983 Times 27 May 30/4 Easter sittings at the Royal Courts of Justice end today. 2003 T. Shakesheff Rural Confl., Crime, & Protest v. 121 68.72 per cent of all petty session convictions for wood-theft..were recorded at the Epiphany and Easter sittings. < as lemmas |
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