petty sessions
Americannoun
noun
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It has been used as a vestry, parochial schoolroom and lending library, also for public meetings and petty sessions, and, in its darkest days, as a store-room.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
The town, which formerly sent a member to parliament, is governed by a bailiff and eight burgesses; and the petty sessions are held here.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
Born at Port Macquarrie in Australia, where his father was clerk of petty sessions, he was seized at the age of fourteen with an intense longing to go to sea.
From By Reef and Palm by Becke, Louis
His brother was a magistrate, and committed a barrister in petty sessions for contempt of court.
From The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.
Thus the land-war rages at every board of guardians, in every dispensary, in every grand jury room, at every petty sessions, in every county court, in every public institution throughout the kingdom.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James
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