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单词 quarter sessions
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
quarter ses′sions, [Law.]
  1. Lawan English court of general criminal jurisdiction for crimes less than homicide, held quarterly.
  2. Law(in the U.S.) a court with limited criminal jurisdiction, having local administrative powers in some states.
  • 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
quarter sessions n (functioning as singular or plural)
  1. (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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