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Topic: LAW

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin sessio 'act of sitting, session', from sedere 'to sit'

session

noun
     
ses‧sion S3 W2 [countable]
1 a period of time used for a particular activity, especially by a group of people:
a training session for teachers about computers
question-and-answer sessions
session of
a session of group therapy
jam session
2PGPSCL a formal meeting or group of meetings, especially of a law court or parliament
session of
the first televised session of parliament
in session (=meeting)
The court is now in session.
Board members met in closed session (=with nobody else present).
3 American English a part of the year when classes are given at a college or university
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