Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1709
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1709 c. 16 |
| Year | 1709 |
(8 Ann.) C A P. XVI.
'W H E R E A S since the Union of the two Kingdoms, the Attendance of Noblemen, Barons, and Freeholders, in that Part ofGreat Britain called Scotland , upon the Lords of Justiciary in their Circuits, in the Manner the same was heretofore used, is now become burdensome and unnecessary;' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the LordsSpiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That from and after the first Day ofMay one thousand seven hundred and ten, no Person whatsoever shall be obliged, by himself, his Tenants, or Servants, to attend the Lords of Justiciary, either in going to, or coming from the respective Places where the Circuit Courts are held, except the Sheriff, or his Deputies, and their Officers; and that no Sheriff, by himself, or his Deputies, or his Officers, be obliged to attend the said Lords of Justiciary at any Time or Place out of the Bounds of the respective County whereof such Person is Sheriff, except at the Place, and during the Time, where the several Circuit Courts of the respective Districts shall be held.
II and except such as are summoned to give Evidence, or on a Jury; or such as are bound to appear, or such as shall make Presentments.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first Day ofMay no Person whatsoever shall be obliged to attend at the Place where the Circuit Court is held, during such Time as the said Court shall continue there, except such Person or Persons who shall be summoned upon any Grand or Petty Jury, or who shall be summoned or bound to give Evidence in any Matter or Cause before the said Court, or who shall be bound over to appear at such Justice Court, or such Person or Persons as shall make Presentments, in order to Trials before the said Justices at their Circuits: Provided, That when Presentments are made by the Justices of Peace at their Quarter-Sessions, or at the yearly Meetings in July and February after mentioned, it shall be lawful to the said Justices to depute one or more of their Numberto attend in Place of the whole; and except such other Person or Persons, who, by the...
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