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The Session of Christ or heavenly session is a Christian doctrine stating that Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of God the Father in Heaven—the word "session" is an archaic noun meaning "sitting". Although the word formerly meant "the act of sitting down", its meaning is somewhat broader in current English usage, and is used to refer ...
Sir James Foulis of Colinton, who was added at the first meeting of the court when the king made him a "Lord of the Session". The college at its foundation dealt with underdeveloped civil law . It did not dispense justice in criminal matters as that was an area of the law reserved to the king's justice, through the justiciars (hence the High ...
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[5] The term is still in use by the Supreme Court of the United States. At the beginning of each session, the Marshal of the United States Supreme Court strikes a gavel and announces: [6] The Honorable, the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!
At this session, the bishops approved Canon 7 which condemned any departure from the creed established by the First Council of Nicaea, in particular an exposition by the priest Charisius. According to a report from Cyril to Celestine, Juvenal of Jerusalem tried and failed to create for himself a patriarchate from the territory of the Antiochene ...
The Court of Session Acts 1808 to 1895 is the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Court of Session Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 151) The Court of Session Act 1810 (50 Geo. 3. c. 112) The Court of Session Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3. c. 64) The Court of Session Act 1819 (59 Geo. 3. c. 45) The Court of Session Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 38) The ...
Today, Parliament House is the seat of the Court of Session, the highest civil court of Scotland. Most of the work of the High Court of Justiciary, the supreme criminal court of Scotland, takes place in the Justiciary Building in the Lawnmarket. [26] Parliament Hall now remains open as a meeting place for lawyers. [21]