Borough Sessions

Borough Sessions, courts established in boroughs under the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882. They are held by the recorders of the respective boroughs once a quarter, or oftener if they think fit, and at times to be fixed by them. The Court has 'cognizance of all crimes, offences, and matters cognizable by the County Quarter Sessions, whose powers extend to all boroughs which may not have obtained a separate court by petition under s. 162 of the Act, 1882, and see also (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 33).