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The time during which a legislative body, other assembly, or court meets for the transaction of business. People v Auditor of Accounts, 64 Ill 82, 86. The meeting of an administrative board, agency, or commission. 2 Am J2d Admin L §§ 227 et seq. The meeting of any organized body or group. A meeting of a legislative body for a day; the entire period during a particular year in which a legislature assembled for business, as the 45th session of the General Assembly of Iowa.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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session — [ sesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1657; angl. session; « séance » mil. XVe; « fait d être assis » déb. XIIe; lat. sessio ♦ Période pendant laquelle une assemblée délibérante, un tribunal tient séance. Sessions ordinaires (fixées par la loi). Session… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Session — may refer to:Bureaucracy*Executive session, a portion of the United States Senate s daily session *Judicial session *Legislative session *Session (parliamentary procedure) *Presbyterian polity *Court of Session, the supreme civil court of… … Wikipedia
session — ses‧sion [ˈseʆn] noun 1. [countable] also trading session FINANCE a period of time, usually a day, when buying and selling takes place on the stockmarket: • The Euro slid sharply in the European trading se … Financial and business terms
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,… … Law dictionary
Session — Ses sion, n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See {Sit}.] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Session — (lateinisch sessio von sedere, sitzen) ist ein aus dem Lateinischen stammendes und im Englischen übliches Wort, dessen deutsche Übersetzung Sitzung ist. In lateinisch oder englisch geprägten Bereichen ist Session auch im Deutschen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Session 9 — est un film américain réalisé par Brad Anderson et sorti en salles en 2001. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Autour du film … Wikipédia en Français
Session — Sf Sitzungsperiode per. Wortschatz fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. sessiō ( ōnis) Sitzung , Abstraktum zu l. sedēre (sessum) sitzen . Über das Englische ist entlehnt Session Musikveranstaltung mit viel improvisierter Musik . Ebenso … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
session — late 14c., periodical sitting of a court, from O.Fr. session, from L. sessionem (nom. sessio) act of sitting, from pp. stem of sedere to sit (see SEDENTARY (Cf. sedentary)). Sense of period set aside for some activity is first recorded 1920, in… … Etymology dictionary
session — Session. s. f. Seance d un Concile, dans laquelle on decide quelque question touchant la foy, ou la discipline. La premiere, la seconde session. le Concile dans une telle session ordonna, &c … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
session — [sesh′ən] n. [ME < L sessio < sedere, to SIT] 1. a) the sitting together or meeting of a group; assembly, as of a court, legislature, council, etc. b) a continuous, day to day series of such meetings c) the term or period of such a meeting… … English World dictionary
