Courts were held every Quarter, thus Quarter sessions from Wikipedia The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the United Kingdom and other countries in the former British Empire. They generally sat in the seat of each county and county borough. Quarter Sessions were abolished in England and Wales in 1972, when the Courts Act 1971 replaced them together with the Courts of Assize (Assizes) with a single permanent Crown Court of England and Wales. They were abolished in Scotland in 1975 and replaced with District Courts and subsequently Justice of the Peace Courts. The Quarter Sessions were named for the four annual meetings they held in England and Wales from 1388. These days were later settled as Epiphany, Easter, Midsummer (The Translation of St. Thomas)[1] and Michaelmas sessions. On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Mary Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone help a true neophyte understand what a Quarter Session is? >  Thanks!  Mary > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which >> you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. >> Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides >> with the message subject to which you are replying. >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >>   1. Re: Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book 1707-1737 >>      (M/QS/SO/1) (Alison Bryan) >>   2. Re: Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book 1707-1737 >>      (M/QS/SO/1) (Eliz Hanebury) >> >> >> > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >