The Exact Legal Meaning of Until the First Trial Session

In some statutes, the attainment of some rights and fulfillment of some duties are conditioned by the legal term of “until the first trial session”. The ambiguity of the mentioned term resulted in diverse interpretations. Although the beginning of the term is the presentation of the petition, but with respect to the end of the term there are three probabilities: it can be considered “before the beginning of the first trial session” and it can also be viewed as “the first action of the beneficiary in the first trial session” and the term can be extended to the “end of the first session” too. Owing to the difficulties of the first and second view and due to the reasons for the third view, it seems sensible to agree with the judicial precedent and consider the respite of the expression from the presentation of petition until the end of the first trial session.