Court of quarter sessions
LOCAL COURT
Quarter sessions; Quarter-Sessions; Court of Quarter Sessions; Quarter Sessions; Northumberland Quarter Sessions; General Quarter Sessions; Courts of General Sessions (Australia); Quarter Session Rolls; Quarter session
The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388 (extending also to Wales following the Act of Union, 1536). They were also established in Scotland, Ireland and in various other dominions of the British Empire.