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Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace

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A quick definition of Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace:

The Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace was a court in England that met four times a year in each county. It was made up of justices of the peace and had the power to try and decide on criminal cases, such as felonies and trespasses. In some states, a similar court was held four times a year with jurisdiction over misdemeanors and administrative tasks like taking care of public roads and bridges. The court was abolished in 1971, and its jurisdiction was transferred to the Crown Court.

A more thorough explanation:

The Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace was a court of criminal jurisdiction held in each county (or borough) once every quarter of a year. It was made up of a county's justices of the peace and had the power to try and determine all felonies and trespasses. The court committed certain cases to the Assizes. Quarter Sessions were abolished in 1971, with most jurisdiction transferred to the Crown Court.

For example, in England, the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace was held before two or more justices of the peace, one of which must be of the quorum. The court's jurisdiction extended to trying and determining all felonies and trespasses, although they seldom tried any greater offense than small felonies within the benefit of clergy.

In some states in the US, the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace was held four times a year and had jurisdiction over misdemeanors and occasionally tasks of an administrative nature, such as the care of public roads and bridges.

These examples illustrate how the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace was a court of criminal jurisdiction that had the power to try and determine certain cases. It was made up of justices of the peace and was held at regular intervals in each county or borough.

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and been physicists and all that cool shit
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instead we boutta do civ pro
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i cant believe i would have been enrolled at UCI rn... its definitely a great school i just didnt feel like i fit in with the other students when i did pre orientation there
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also they didnt give me enough money to justify the cost
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Dkk
19:06
UCI hella liberal and trans. I think you would like it. More liberal than like Berk and UCLA if you can imagine. @Eggan
Dkk
19:06
I did astrophysics for 3 years and hated it. Dropped out of my first college cus of it. @limpweeny
Dkk
19:07
Do not recommend studying physics. Super boring, a lot of math, and most results are not replicable.
Dkk
19:08
Ill say this though. I studied a lot of Otto Hahn and was happy to see him at the start of Oppenheimer. Made a little appearance. Nice tribute.
19:08
@Dkk: i know the makeup of UCI but im not from california and i didn't like how i'd have to be isolated from the labor movement since it's not very close to LA and OC is mostly a bunch of rich people tbh
19:09
i like berk's proximity to san francisco. the bay area is full of surprises when it comes to labor
19:11
thats why i'm mostly centered on cities with major labor activity this cycle (besides chicago) such as NYC, boston DC (where the union headquarters usually are)
19:11
Anyone else hella concerned w the uptick in applicants? Not sure if I can use the LSD data of the past to reference
some dean said they're only expecting 5-15% increase over the whole cycle, still not great, but not 30% like currently
19:15
Ohhh okay thank goodness. I saw +38% and lowk got scared
19:16
That doesn’t seem too bad if they increase class size by a bit 🙏
Dkk
19:23
Ahh that is true but OC Disney Unions. Can always be involved in those. Some of the biggest unions in California. I was part of that for a couple years but my union was corrupt. @Eggan
Dkk
19:24
Berk is definitely more fun. Unions in LA are of course the screen actors guild and then hospitality stuff like restaurants. It will be good wherever you go imo if that is what you are into.
Dkk
19:25
@sadpadresfan: yeah, Spivey said the same thing wasp pointed out. 30% to start to 15% at the end. I think part of it may also be people just want more variety. Maybe a similar amount of applicants but more variety. More waitlist movement potentially this year. Schools fighting harder for people.
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: the NU dean. Him and Spivey did a podcast on it.
And if you look at the numbers they're starting to come down. A couple weeks ago we were up 36 percent up, now we're only 26 percent up.
NotJustALawyer
21:03
@texaslawhopefully: if you are trying to do texas law, why not go to UT Austin. Probably better scholarships for you compared to Harvard and its a pipeline. Unless, of course, scholarships don't matter in your case.
i studied hard stem but i just hate being in an actual lab lol
depends on the type of lab work that you do, the only thing i did enjoy doing was bacterial genetics because that shit is super fast and fun, but working in a wet lab is just a lottttt of sitting and waiting around
hence law, lmao
@NotJustALawyer: I'm trying to do an appellate clerkship and the very top schools just have better placement. And yes, I'm still considering UT, but I think with my numbers I can get scholarship money at most of the T14.
Also I made my username before I had my lsat back and then UT was my top choice, but I’ve been somewhat open geographically. I also have ties to Texas so I don’t think it’d be hard to get back here if I left the state for law school.
Dkk
21:52
Deja Vu lol
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