Special Sessions
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. A meeting of two or more justices of the peace, held for a special purpose (such as the licensing of alehouses), either as required by statute, or when specially convoked, which can only be convened after notice to all the other magistrates of the division, to give them an opportunity of attending. See "Statute."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Sessions of SPECIFIC GRAVITY. The ratio of the the Peace. weight of a body to the. weight of an equal
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. , A meeting of two or more justices of the peace held for a special purpose, (such as the licensing of alehouses,) either as required by statute or when specially convoked, which can only be convened after notice to all the other magistrates of the division, to give them an opportunity of attending. Stone, J. Pr. 52, 55.
Defined under Session in Black's Law Dictionary.