quarter sessionsn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɔːtə ˌsɛʃnz/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔrdər ˌsɛʃ(ə)nz/

Forms: 1500s quartar sesschenes, 1500s– quarter sessions. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., session n.

Etymology: < quarter n. (compare sense 2b at that entry) + the plural of session n.

In full court of quarter sessions.

1. In England and Ireland: a court of limited criminal and civil jurisdiction and of appeal, held quarterly before justices of the peace in counties (in Ireland by county court judges), and before the recorder in boroughs; (also) a similar court held in some former British colonies. Also with plural agreement. Now historical.Quarter sessions were abolished in England on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act, 1971, and their functions are now exercised by the Crown Courts created by that Act.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > held periodically

sizea1300

shire-court1376

county?1387

assizec1405

view of frankpledge1495

county courtc1520

quarter sessions1538

1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas f. 9^v The Justicers ought to do theyr deuoyre, that these estatutes may be obserued in all poyntes and that in euery of theyr quarter sessions they ought to enquire of those that offende agaynste those ordinaunces.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iv. f. 75/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They haue finally their quarter sessions, wherein they are assisted by the Justices and Gentlemen of the countrey.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 233 in Justice Vindicated Justices of Peace in their Quarter-sessions, have power to hear and determine the offences aforesaid.

1676 (title) Shewing the true manner and form of the proceedings at the Court of General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 122. ¶4 There is not one in the Town where he lives that he has not sued at a Quarter-Sessions.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. iv. 17 A Fellow whipt for petty Larceny, to which he was condemned by the Court of Quarter Sessions.

1770 J. Howard State of Prisons in C. M. H. Clark Select Documents Austral. Hist. (1950) i. 20 At the quarter sessions, you see prisoners, covered..with rags; almost famished.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 162 A quarter-sessions chairman, abler none.

1854 Amer. Law Reg. 2 654 A writ of error directed to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xix. 375 Much of the criminal business in England is transacted by the quarter-sessions.

1875 T. S. Pritchard Pract. Quarter Sessions iv. §4. 173 Prosecutions by information at the quarter sessions can only be instituted in cases where..an informer is allowed to take this course to recover the penalty.

1879 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 4 40 The Court of Quarter Sessions stated upon the face of the order, by way of recital, that the facts were so and so.

1916 Act 6 & 7 Geo. V c. 50 §38 He thinks it expedient in the interest of justice to commit him for trial before a court of quarter sessions.

1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iv. 263 In the country, the records of Quarter Sessions paint a picture of confusion, in which the machinery of presentment by constables to justices has broken down.

1939 E. H. Buck & S. J. Buck Planting of Civilization in W. Pa. xiii. 314 The trial took place in the court of quarter sessions of Allegheny County in December, 1815.

1972 Daily Tel. 1 Jan. 2 The ancient legal structure of assizes and quarter sessions disappears today.

1997 Music & Lett. 78 3 Imposition was by means of conviction at Assizes, Gaol Delivery Sessions or Quarter Sessions.

2001 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 45 491 The grand jury expressed its approval of the idea of creating a Court of Quarter Sessions to try the less important cases which had just troubled them.

2005 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 4 Dec. 1829: William Mackie is appointed chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, in effect WA's first judge.

2. In Scotland: a court of review and appeal held quarterly by justices of the peace on days appointed by statute. With singular and plural agreement. Now historical.Quarter sessions in Scotland were abolished on 16 May 1975 by the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975, and replaced by District Courts.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of appeal or review > types of

chequer-chamber1528

Court of (the) Delegates1554

exchequer-chamber1640

quarter sessions1661

Judicial Committee1833

1661 Sc. Acts Parl. (1681) c. xxxviii The Justices of Peace..shall appoint at the Quarter Sessions..the ordinary Hire and Wages of Labourers.

1679 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1722) II. 17 With Power..to call the remanent Justices of Peace to the Quarter-sessions.

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. i. iv. 60 Constables..are appointed by them in their quarter-sessions.

1878 Times 9 Dec. 11/6 The Chairman of the Glasgow Quarter Sessions.

1898 Green's Encycl. Law Scot. VII. 268 A judgment in Quarter Sessions cannot be reviewed by a later Quarter Sessions.

1948 Times 25 Aug. 3/3 Lord Carmont at Edinburgh Quarter Sessions on Monday refused an application for an interim interdict.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 16 In 1975... The burgh court was abolished along with quarter sessions, the police courts, and the Court of the Bailie of the River and Firth of Clyde.

Compounds

quarter sessions rose n. [after French rose des quatre saisons (1851 or earlier)] rare an autumn damask rose, Rosa × damascena var. semperflorens.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush

summer rosea1456

French rose1538

damask rose?a1547

musk rose1559

province1562

winter rose1577

Austrian brier1590

rose of Provence1597

velvet rose1597

damasine-rose1607

Provence rose1614

blush-rose1629

maiden's blush1648

monthly rose tree1664

Provinsa1678

York and Lancaster rose1688

cinnamon rose1699

muscat rose1707

cabbage rose1727

China-rose1731

old-fashioned rose1773

moss rose1777

swamp rose1785

alba1797

Cherokee rose1804

Macartney rose1811

shepherd's rose1818

multiflora1820

prairie rose1822

Boursault1826

Banksian rose1827

maiden rose1827

moss1829

Noisette1829

seven sisters rose1830

Dundee rambler1834

Banksia rose1835

Chickasaw rose1835

Bourbon1836

climbing rose1836

green rose1837

hybrid China1837

Jaune Desprez1837

Lamarque1837

perpetual1837

pillar rose1837

rambler1837

wax rose1837

rugosa1840

China1844

Manetti1846

Banksian1847

remontant1847

gallica1848

hybrid perpetual1848

Persian Yellow1848

pole rose1848

monthly1849

tea rose1850

quarter sessions rose1851

Gloire de Dijon1854

Jacqueminot1857

Maréchal Niel1864

primrose1864

jack1867

La France1868

tea1869

Ramanas rose1876

Japanese rose1883

polyantha1883

old rose1885

American Beauty1887

hybrid tea1890

Japan rose1895

roselet1896

floribunda1898

Zéphirine Drouhin1901

Penzance briar1902

Dorothy Perkins1903

sweetheart1905

wichuraiana1907

mermaid1918

species rose1930

sweetheart rose1936

peace1944

shrub rose1948

1851 E. S. Wortley Trav. in U.S. II. v. 93 Their roses are all roses des quatre saisons (so well rendered by Lord —'s gardener ‘quarter-sessions roses’)!

1882 Times 4 July 5/5 There is the ‘quarter sessions’ rose for the lawyer.

1892 C. M. Yonge Old Woman's Outlook vi. 137 The Quatre Saisons rose might very fairly become the Quarter Sessions rose.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 676/1 Quarter-sessions rose. A ‘perpetual’ rose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quarter sessions
释义	quarter sessionsn. Brit. /ˈkwɔːtə ˌsɛʃnz/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdər ˌsɛʃ(ə)nz/ Forms: 1500s quartar sesschenes, 1500s– quarter sessions. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., session n. Etymology: < quarter n. (compare sense 2b at that entry) + the plural of session n. In full court of quarter sessions. 1. In England and Ireland: a court of limited criminal and civil jurisdiction and of appeal, held quarterly before justices of the peace in counties (in Ireland by county court judges), and before the recorder in boroughs; (also) a similar court held in some former British colonies. Also with plural agreement. Now historical.Quarter sessions were abolished in England on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act, 1971, and their functions are now exercised by the Crown Courts created by that Act. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > held periodically sizea1300 shire-court1376 county?1387 assizec1405 view of frankpledge1495 county courtc1520 quarter sessions1538 1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas f. 9^v The Justicers ought to do theyr deuoyre, that these estatutes may be obserued in all poyntes and that in euery of theyr quarter sessions they ought to enquire of those that offende agaynste those ordinaunces. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iv. f. 75/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They haue finally their quarter sessions, wherein they are assisted by the Justices and Gentlemen of the countrey. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 233 in Justice Vindicated Justices of Peace in their Quarter-sessions, have power to hear and determine the offences aforesaid. 1676 (title) Shewing the true manner and form of the proceedings at the Court of General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 122. ¶4 There is not one in the Town where he lives that he has not sued at a Quarter-Sessions. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. iv. 17 A Fellow whipt for petty Larceny, to which he was condemned by the Court of Quarter Sessions. 1770 J. Howard State of Prisons in C. M. H. Clark Select Documents Austral. Hist. (1950) i. 20 At the quarter sessions, you see prisoners, covered..with rags; almost famished. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 162 A quarter-sessions chairman, abler none. 1854 Amer. Law Reg. 2 654 A writ of error directed to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xix. 375 Much of the criminal business in England is transacted by the quarter-sessions. 1875 T. S. Pritchard Pract. Quarter Sessions iv. §4. 173 Prosecutions by information at the quarter sessions can only be instituted in cases where..an informer is allowed to take this course to recover the penalty. 1879 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 4 40 The Court of Quarter Sessions stated upon the face of the order, by way of recital, that the facts were so and so. 1916 Act 6 & 7 Geo. V c. 50 §38 He thinks it expedient in the interest of justice to commit him for trial before a court of quarter sessions. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iv. 263 In the country, the records of Quarter Sessions paint a picture of confusion, in which the machinery of presentment by constables to justices has broken down. 1939 E. H. Buck & S. J. Buck Planting of Civilization in W. Pa. xiii. 314 The trial took place in the court of quarter sessions of Allegheny County in December, 1815. 1972 Daily Tel. 1 Jan. 2 The ancient legal structure of assizes and quarter sessions disappears today. 1997 Music & Lett. 78 3 Imposition was by means of conviction at Assizes, Gaol Delivery Sessions or Quarter Sessions. 2001 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 45 491 The grand jury expressed its approval of the idea of creating a Court of Quarter Sessions to try the less important cases which had just troubled them. 2005 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 4 Dec. 1829: William Mackie is appointed chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, in effect WA's first judge. 2. In Scotland: a court of review and appeal held quarterly by justices of the peace on days appointed by statute. With singular and plural agreement. Now historical.Quarter sessions in Scotland were abolished on 16 May 1975 by the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975, and replaced by District Courts. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of appeal or review > types of chequer-chamber1528 Court of (the) Delegates1554 exchequer-chamber1640 quarter sessions1661 Judicial Committee1833 1661 Sc. Acts Parl. (1681) c. xxxviii The Justices of Peace..shall appoint at the Quarter Sessions..the ordinary Hire and Wages of Labourers. 1679 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1722) II. 17 With Power..to call the remanent Justices of Peace to the Quarter-sessions. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. i. iv. 60 Constables..are appointed by them in their quarter-sessions. 1878 Times 9 Dec. 11/6 The Chairman of the Glasgow Quarter Sessions. 1898 Green's Encycl. Law Scot. VII. 268 A judgment in Quarter Sessions cannot be reviewed by a later Quarter Sessions. 1948 Times 25 Aug. 3/3 Lord Carmont at Edinburgh Quarter Sessions on Monday refused an application for an interim interdict. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 16 In 1975... The burgh court was abolished along with quarter sessions, the police courts, and the Court of the Bailie of the River and Firth of Clyde. Compounds quarter sessions rose n. [after French rose des quatre saisons (1851 or earlier)] rare an autumn damask rose, Rosa × damascena var. semperflorens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1851 E. S. Wortley Trav. in U.S. II. v. 93 Their roses are all roses des quatre saisons (so well rendered by Lord —'s gardener ‘quarter-sessions roses’)! 1882 Times 4 July 5/5 There is the ‘quarter sessions’ rose for the lawyer. 1892 C. M. Yonge Old Woman's Outlook vi. 137 The Quatre Saisons rose might very fairly become the Quarter Sessions rose. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 676/1 Quarter-sessions rose. A ‘perpetual’ rose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538
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