QUARTER SESSIONS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("quarter sessions" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Credits