general sessions

noun

1. a court of general jurisdiction in criminal cases in some U.S. states.

Word History and Origins

Origin of general sessions¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

So just the week before she lands he takes a plea in General Sessions and the judge gives him four years.

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Each group was to concentrate on one talent, but general sessions for the entire class give everyone practice in all talents.

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Why—from his arrest to the present time—and for his defense here in General Sessions.

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Women take part much more freely than they do in the general sessions of the institute.

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Wanderers from Fifth avenue who never in their lives had been in the General Sessions before begged and badgered their way there.

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