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Session laws

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Statutes passed at a session of the legislature.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A term used to designate the printed statutes as passed at the successive legislative sessions of the various states. In Pennsylvania they are usually called pamphlet laws. See Pamphlet Laws.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The name commonly given to the bsdy of laws enacted by a state legislafure at one of its annual or biennia] sessions. So called to distinguish them from the "compiled laws" or "revised statutes" of the state.

Session of the peace, in English law. a sitting of justices of the peace for the exercise of their .powers. There are four kinds,

Defined under Session in Black's Law Dictionary.