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Session

the sitting together of a body of individuals for the transaction of business; the sitting of a court, cou legislature, academic body, or the like, or such or like bodies for the transaction of the actual assembly of the members of business. Also the time, space or term during which a court, council, legislature, or the like meets for business, or transacts business regularly without breaking up or dissolving. The session of a judicial as the title of some courts of criminal court is called a term. Sessions is used jurisdiction in the United States and England.

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