petty sessions
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Three days afterwards, at petty sessions, where Tom brought upon himself the severe censure of the bench for his conduct on the trial, Harry Winburn was committed to Reading gaol for three months.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
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.
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 Macfarlane, J.
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.
From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
They were sold at once, and with the proceeds she built a village market-house and a room for the magistrate's petty sessions.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
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