Court of Session

…same as those of the Court of Session, the supreme court for civil cases. An appeal may be directed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from the Court of Session but not from the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session, consisting of the lord president, the…

…there were, in addition, the Court of Session for civil cases (it had evolved from the council in the early 16th century and, as the College of Justice, had been endowed with church funds in the 1530s) and justice courts for criminal cases. Local justice and administration continued, however, despite…

…supreme Scottish court is the Court of Session, instituted by King James V in 1532, probably upon a French model. The court has two main functions. It has original jurisdiction in a very wide range of cases, which is exclusive in a few matters; in its appellate capacity it hears…