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Court of general sessions

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A court of general sessions was a type of court originally established as a colonial court of quarter sessions in the British North American colonies. Some of these courts continued in some form after Canada and the United States became independent countries. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Founding Year
1683 1
Sources
1. Court of general sessions (Wikipedia)
Court of general sessions (Wikipedia)
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