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Justice-General Sc. Law.
[f. justice n. 9 + general a.: cf. Attorney-General.]
(Now Lord Justice-General.) The president of the Scotch Court of Justiciary: an office which, having become a sinecure usually held by a nobleman (the actual duties being discharged by the Justice-Clerk), was by 1 Will. IV. c. 69. §18 merged in that of Lord President of the Court of Session.
c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 565 It is statute and ordanit, that the Justice general sall have..for ilk day of the air, five pundis. 1737[see Justice-Clerk]. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 3 The Justice-court had then for its Members, the Justice-General, the Justice-Clerk, the Justice-Deputes, the Clerk-Depute, the Dempster, the Officers and Macers. 1830Act 1 Will IV, c. 69 §18 margin, Office of lord justice general on next vacancy to devolve on lord president.
Hence Justice-Generalship.
1804G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 175 The Justice-Generalship of Scotland. |