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Epiphany, a Christian festival, otherwise called the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, observed on the 6th of January.

Epiphany Quarter Sessions, formerly held in the first week after the Epiphany, are directed by the (English) Law Terms Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 70), to be held in the first week after the 28th December.

The (English) Quarter Sessions Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 6), repeals 4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 47, which empowered justices at such sessions to name two of their body to fix Easter Sessions.