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  2. High Court of Justiciary - Wikipedia

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    The High Court sometimes sits in various smaller towns in Scotland, where it uses the local sheriff court building. As an appeal court, the High Court sits only in Edinburgh. On one occasion the High Court of Justiciary sat outside Scotland, at Zeist in the Netherlands during the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, as the Scottish Court in the ...

  3. Judiciary of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The Lord President of the Court of Session is the head of Scotland's judiciary and the presiding judge of the College of Justice (which consists of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary.) As of May 2016, the Lord President was Lord Carloway , who was appointed in December 2015 having previously served as Lord Justice Clerk .

  4. Act of Adjournal - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, which formed the Kingdom of Great Britain, required that the High Court of Justiciary "remain in all time coming, as it is now constituted by the laws of [the Kingdom of Scotland]." As a result, the Courts Act 1672 continues to be the original source of the court's authority to regulate.

  5. Scots civil procedure - Wikipedia

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    Civil procedure is regulated by Acts of Sederunt which are ordinances passed by the Court of Session. Rules for the functioning of the Court of Session were decided upon by the Court of Session Rules Council, which was instituted by the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 and reconfirmed by the Court of Session Act 1988 [1] [2] and ...

  6. Courts of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The High Court of Constabulary was a court in Scotland presided over by the Lord High Constable of Scotland and deputes appointed by the Lord High Constable. Established in the late 13th century the court was empowered to judge all cases of rioting , disorder , bloodshed , and murder if such crimes occurred within four miles of the King of ...

  7. Scots law - Wikipedia

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    In Scotland there are justice of the peace courts and sheriff courts, rather than magistrates' courts or Crown Court as in England and Wales. The High Court of Justiciary is Scotland’s supreme criminal court and deals with the most serious crime. The Court of Session is the supreme civil court.

  8. Scots administrative law - Wikipedia

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    Scots administrative law governs the rules of administrative law in Scotland, the body of case law, statutes, secondary legislation and articles which provide the framework of procedures for judicial control over government agencies and private bodies.

  9. Order for Lifelong Restriction - Wikipedia

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    An Order for Lifelong Restriction is a sentence that can be imposed by a judge of the High Court of Justiciary on serious violent and sexual offenders in Scotland.Such an order is an indeterminate sentence that will see the convict subject to indefinite imprisonment and supervision by electronic monitoring for the rest of their lives.