Court of Session Act 1810

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Court of Session Act 1810[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for abridging the form of extracting Decrees of the Court of Session in Scotland, and for the Regulation of certain Parts of the Proceedings of that Court.
Citation50 Geo. 3. c. 112
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent20 June 1810
Commencement20 June 1810[b]
Repealed29 September 1988
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byCourt of Session Act 1988
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Court of Session Act 1810[a] was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (50 Geo. 3. c. 112) reforming Scotland's highest court, the Court of Session. This Act was a follow-up Act to the Court of Session Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 151) in reforming the Court of Session, creating the two divisions known as the Inner House and the Outer House.

Subsequent developments

Reform continued with the Court of Session Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3. c. 64) which created the final form of the Outer House, and the Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815 (55 Geo. 3. c. 42) which introduced trial by jury.

The whole act was repealed by section 52(2) of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the Court of Session Act 1988, which came into force on 29 September 1988.[1]

Notes

  1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. Section 1.

References

  • Kenneth Reid (2000), A History of Private Law in Scotland, Oxford University Press