petty sessions

noun

, English Law.

1. a court of summary jurisdiction for minor offenses that is held without a jury.

petty sessions

noun

1. See magistrates' court
   functioning as singular or plural another term for magistrates' court

Example Sentences

On the 25th of November following the magistrates began to sit daily at Petty Sessions.

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I want to find out how to cut my trees, and how to manage my farmers, and how not to make a fool of myself at petty sessions.

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The city sessions are held every quarter at the Guildhall, and the petty sessions daily at the same place.

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He adjudicated in petty sessions as a magistrate, and dealt in a summary manner with capital offences, which were very numerous.

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The new agent, however, is a tough customer, and in his quality of Clerk of Petty Sessions dabbles in legal lore.

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