Quarter Sessions Act 1837
- Quarter Sessions Act 1837
The Quarter Sessions Act 1837 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 4) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on December 23, 1837. In order to remove doubts which existed on the subject, it enacted that juries could be summoned to attend adjourned quarter sessions.
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*"The British almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1839". The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London, 1839.
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