petty sessions
Americannoun
noun
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The petty sessions of the hundred of Powder are held here.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
The petty sessions of the hundred of Axminster are held here.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
At S. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, the Lady Chapel has also been used for scholastic purposes, and at Waltham Abbey it has accommodated not only parochial schools but public meetings and petty sessions.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Ireland, home, Dodsborough, petty sessions, police and poor-rates, county cess, Chancery, all my difficulties, down even to Mrs. D. herself, faded away, and left me in undisturbed and unbounded enjoyment.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
Then they should appoint petty sessions for the signing of certificates at such times and places that the royal officers may attend and be heard.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
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