session


session
ses·sion n: a meeting or series of meetings of a body (as a court or legislature) for the transaction of business; also: the period between the first meeting of a legislative or judicial body and the final adjournment see also regular session, special session

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

session
I noun assembly, audience, caucus, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, consultation, convention, conventus, convocation, council, diet, forgathering, forum, gathering, hearing, meeting, parley, plenum, rendezvous, round table, sitting, synod, term, union associated concepts: general sessions, joint session, regular session, session laws, special sessions II index caucus, chamber (body), congregation, meeting (conference), phase (period), term (duration)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


session
n.
A meeting of a court, legislature, or other body; the period when a court sits to hear cases.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


session
1) A meeting of a court, legislature, or other government body to carry out business. For courts, this is also called sitting.
2) The period of time during which such a body is gathered together and working, as in "the spring term," or "the court is in session."
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


session
n. The number of hours within a day that a given body is performing its duties; a meeting of a court or a legislative body for the purpose of performing its business.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


session
The sitting of a court, legislature, council, or commission for the transaction of its proper business.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


session
The sitting of a court, legislature, council, or commission for the transaction of its proper business.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

session
n.
   1) a meeting (or "sitting") of a court for a particular period of time. "Session" technically means one day's business (as in "today's session").
   2) the term of an appeals court covering several months (as in the "Spring Term" or the "October Term").

Law dictionary. . 2013.

Synonyms:
(of a court, of a legislature, etc.)


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