Quarter Sessions for Lancashire
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Quarter Sessions for Lancashire were periodic local courts in the historic county of Lancashire that handled criminal, administrative, and regulatory matters under the jurisdiction of the justices of the peace.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lancashire Quarter Sessions (historically) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative court
ⓘ
criminal court ⓘ local court ⓘ quarter sessions court ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Courts Act 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abolishedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| appliedToJurisdiction | historic county of Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archivesHeldAt | Lancashire Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf | justices of the peace for Lancashire ⓘ |
| convenedBy | justices of the peace ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| earlierLanguageOfRecord | Latin ⓘ |
| existedBefore | establishment of county councils in England ⓘ |
| frequency | four times a year ⓘ |
| governedBy |
common law of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
statute law of England ⓘ |
| hadJurisdictionOver |
boroughs within Lancashire not having separate quarter sessions
ⓘ
rural areas of Lancashire ⓘ |
| handled |
administrative matters
ⓘ
appeals from petty sessions ⓘ bastardy and affiliation orders ⓘ county rates and taxation matters ⓘ criminal matters ⓘ licensing of alehouses ⓘ maintenance of highways ⓘ minor criminal offences ⓘ poor law administration oversight ⓘ regulation of weights and measures ⓘ regulatory matters ⓘ some serious criminal offences not reserved for higher courts ⓘ |
| hasAuthority | justices of the peace ⓘ |
| heldIn |
Easter sessions
ⓘ
Epiphany sessions ⓘ Michaelmas sessions NERFINISHED ⓘ Midsummer sessions ⓘ |
| judicialBody | court of record ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| location | Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
English judicial system
ⓘ
local government of Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
court rolls
ⓘ
indictment files ⓘ order books ⓘ session papers ⓘ |
| reformedBy | 19th-century local government reforms ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Crown Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ pre-modern period ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lancashire Quarter Sessions (historically)