(in the UK) a magistrates' court for the summary trial of certain offences.
（英国）小治安裁判法庭，即决法庭
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For ten years he was also a magistrate at the town's petty sessions court.
David Brewer, clerk to the justices for the Wiltshire petty sessions area, said better sharing of information between agencies would help trace defendants who went missing.