Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace

Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace Hist. 1.English law. A court of criminal jurisdiction held in each county (or borough) once in every quarter of a year. ? The court was made up of a county’s justices of the peace. It committed certain cases to the Assizes. Quarter Sessions were abolished in 1971, […]

COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. Hist. 1. English law. A court of criminal jurisdiction held in each county (or borough) once in every quarter of a year. ? The court was made up of a county’s justices of the peace. It committed certain cases