quarter session courts

quarter session courts
Courts formerly established in some of the states, to be holden four times in the year, invested with criminal jurisdiction, usually of offenses less than felony, and sometimes with the charge of certain administrative matters, such as the care of public roads and bridges. In England, all quarter session courts were abolished by The Courts Act of 1971, with the jurisdiction of such transferred to the Crown Court (q.v.)

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