Cumberland Quarter Sessions (historically)
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The Cumberland Quarter Sessions were a historic local judicial and administrative body in the English county of Cumberland, responsible for overseeing criminal justice, licensing, and various aspects of county governance before modern local government reforms.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cumberland Quarter Sessions | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic administrative body
ⓘ
local judicial body ⓘ quarter sessions ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Courts Act 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeFunctionsTransferredTo | Cumberland County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliedLaw |
local Acts relating to Cumberland
ⓘ
statute law of England and Wales ⓘ |
| appliedTo | petty sessions divisions in Cumberland ⓘ |
| basedOn | English common law ⓘ |
| category |
Defunct courts of England and Wales
ⓘ
History of local government in Cumberland ⓘ |
| continuedAs | purely judicial body after 1888 ⓘ |
| convenedBy | justices of the peace for Cumberland ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| frequency | four times a year ⓘ |
| governedBy | commissions of the peace for Cumberland ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | Cumberland constabulary matters before police authorities were created ⓘ |
| heldAt |
Carlisle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other principal towns in Cumberland ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | county of Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | court of record ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modifiedBy |
County and Borough Police Act 1856
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prison Acts of the 19th century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | English system of quarter sessions ⓘ |
| powersReducedBy | Local Government Act 1888 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presidedOverBy | chairman of the quarter sessions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cumberland Assizes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
petty sessions in Cumberland ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
appointment of certain county officers
ⓘ
county bridges ⓘ county gaols ⓘ county rate administration ⓘ criminal justice administration in Cumberland ⓘ enforcement of poor law and vagrancy legislation at county level ⓘ hearing of appeals from petty sessions ⓘ houses of correction ⓘ licensing of alehouses ⓘ licensing of public houses ⓘ licensing of theatres and music halls ⓘ maintenance of highways at county level ⓘ oversight of lunatic asylums ⓘ oversight of reformatories and industrial schools ⓘ registration of charities and certain local administrative orders ⓘ trial of non-capital criminal cases ⓘ |
| successor | Crown Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-19th-century to late 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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