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1671 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 273 The counsell understanding that the Lords Commissioners of Justiciarie for the circuit court wer..to be heir tomorrow.

1678 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 332 The Lords Commissioners of Justitiary..remitts the samen [article of the dittay] to the knowledge of an assise.

1704 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1824) XI. 152/2 For the more effectual payment of the Commissioners of Justiciary their sallaries.

1751 in tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. (ed. 4) I. List of Subscribers Names The Right Honourable Sir James Ferguson of Kilkerran, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and Commissioner of Justiciary.

1830 W. Chambers Bk. Scotl. 123 The High Court of Justiciary..is composed of six commissioners of justiciary.

1890 G. Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 7) By the Criminal Procedure Act, 1887..all the Senators of the College of Justice are Lords Commissioners of Justiciary.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 181 If ye stir up yon byke ye'll hae commissioners of justiciary and prickers and the haill clamjamphrie.

1959 J. M. Reid Scotl., Past & Present 110 They [sc. judges of Court of Session] are also Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, and may go on circuit to try criminal cases.

2007 K. J. Reeman Coronach 561 From the bench Lord Hesketh, Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, said, ‘This is not relevant to the charge, Sir Henry.’