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quarter session

quarter session noun: a local court traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388, and later in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and various other dominions of the British Empire.

Noun

quarter session (plural quarter sessions)

  1. (historical) A local court traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388, and later in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and various other dominions of the British Empire.

Forms of quarter session

pluralquarter sessions

Questions about quarter session

What does quarter session mean?
Quarter session means a local court traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388, and later in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and various other dominions of the British Empire.
What part of speech is quarter session?
Quarter session is a noun.
What is the plural of quarter session?
The plural of quarter session is quarter sessions.

Words near quarter session in the dictionary

  1. quarter sawing
  2. quarter saws
  3. quarter seam
  4. quarter section
  5. quarter sections
  6. quarter session
  7. quarter sessions
  8. quarter sovereign
  9. quarter sovereigns
  10. quarter time
  11. quarter times

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