Quarter_Sessions_Act_1837

Quarter Sessions Act 1837

Quarter Sessions Act 1837

United Kingdom legislation

The Quarter Sessions Act 1837[1] (1 & 2 Vict. c. 4) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 23 December 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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    The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.


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