The Practice of the Sheriff Courts of Scotland in Civil CausesBell & Bradfute, 1875 - 812 pages |
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... called Scotland ; and for making satisfaction to the proprietors thereof ; and for restor- ing such Jurisdictions to the Crown ; and for making more effectual provision for the Administration of Justice throughout that part of the ...
... called Scotland ; and for making satisfaction to the proprietors thereof ; and for restor- ing such Jurisdictions to the Crown ; and for making more effectual provision for the Administration of Justice throughout that part of the ...
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... called the royalty . How the germ of the royalty arose it is not difficult to guess . The Sheriff was always one of the barons , and doubtless at first the royalty was nothing but his own hereditary barony and the Crown lands , which ...
... called the royalty . How the germ of the royalty arose it is not difficult to guess . The Sheriff was always one of the barons , and doubtless at first the royalty was nothing but his own hereditary barony and the Crown lands , which ...
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... called that of High Sheriff , was analogous to the English office of that name , or to that of Lord Lieutenant ; but its possessor had also the patronage of the other office of Sheriff- Depute or County Court Judge , and originally the ...
... called that of High Sheriff , was analogous to the English office of that name , or to that of Lord Lieutenant ; but its possessor had also the patronage of the other office of Sheriff- Depute or County Court Judge , and originally the ...
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... called possessory judg- ments ; ( c ) and those are founded upon the state of possession as it has existed for the preceding seven years . This state of possession the Sheriff can protect from interruption ; or , if it had been disputed ...
... called possessory judg- ments ; ( c ) and those are founded upon the state of possession as it has existed for the preceding seven years . This state of possession the Sheriff can protect from interruption ; or , if it had been disputed ...
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... called actions of aliment , are properly actions of debt ; but the Sheriff Court has also jurisdiction in the proper equitable action of aliment . For example - no ques- tion of status being raised - it decides questions as to aliment ...
... called actions of aliment , are properly actions of debt ; but the Sheriff Court has also jurisdiction in the proper equitable action of aliment . For example - no ques- tion of status being raised - it decides questions as to aliment ...
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17 Vict Act of Sederunt agent aliment allowed amendment appeal apply appointed arrestment burgh cause cessio cessio bonorum citation cited claim clerk competent condescendence consent consignation Court of Session creditors debtor decerned decree in absence defender defender's diligence dispose effect enacted evidence examination execution expenses extract find caution granted grounds of action held heritable imprisonment incompetent interim interlocutor issued judge judgment July June jurisdiction letters of horning liable lodged Lord Ordinary Macph Majesty's Treasury mandatory March matter ment messenger-at-arms minute mode necessary North British Railway oath objection payment person petitioner pleadings pleas poinding poor's proceed proceedings procurators pronounced proof prorogated pursuer question reference refused regulations remit reponed schedule Scotland sequestration Sheriff Court sheriff-clerk Sheriff-Substitute sheriffdom sisted Small Debt Court specified statute summons supra Tailzies taken thereof tion warrant witness
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Page 539 - ... shall extend to a body politic, corporate or collegiate, as well as an individual; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and be applied to one person or thing as well as several persons or things; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male...
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Page 625 - Summary Jurisdiction Acts" means as follows : As to England, the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders...
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Page 704 - Parliament granting or relating to stamp-duties on probates and letters of administration in England and Ireland respectively; and the affidavit required by law to be made on applying for probate or letters of administration in England or Ireland as to the value of the estate and effects of the deceased ; and also where the commissary shall in manner aforesaid find that the deceased was domiciled in Scotland, the inventory required...
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