| 单词 | petty sessions |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetty sessions petty sessions n. British (also occasionally in singular) (originally) a court held by two or more justices or a stipendiary magistrate, exercising summary jurisdiction in minor offences within a particular district (now historical); (now) a magistrates' court for the summary trial of certain offences. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of justices of peace sessions of the peacec1405 justice court1490 petty sessions1562 magistrates' court1867 1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §40 That it shalbe laufull to the Highe Constables of Hundredes in every Shire, to holde kepe and contynue Petie Sessions, otherwise called Statute Sessions. 1699 Poor Man's Plea against Price of Corn 23 Our Country Alehouse-making Justices at their Petty-Sessions, Quarter, and General Sessions. 1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk I. 40 The High-Constable of the Hundred in which a statute is held, holds,..what is called a ‘petty sessions’; at which the hiring [of servants] and its attendant circumstances are, or may be, registered. 1844 Act 7 & 8 Victoria c. 101 §2 Such Justice of the Peace shall thereupon issue his Summons to the Person..to appear at a Petty Session. 1993 S. MacAughtry Touch & Go ix. 73 I was there, at the Petty Sessions. Saw him, so I did. < as lemmas |
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