petty sessions
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noun
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The Catholic, degraded as he was, durst not complain; but the establishment of the petty sessions courts, and the agitation which preceded emancipation, altered the matter altogether.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various
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
It was petty sessions day in Skebawn, a cold, grey day in February.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
He adjudicated in petty sessions as a magistrate, and dealt in a summary manner with capital offences, which were very numerous.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
He showed himself as competent to direct a campaign as to conduct the business of the petty sessions.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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