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Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1755

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 3 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1755 c. 7
Year1755
Anno Regni GEORGII II. Regis Magn Britanni, Franci &Hiberni, vicesimo octavo. An Act concerning the Offices of Sheriff Depute and Steward Depute, in that Part ofGreatBritain called Scotland.

(28 Geo. 2) C A P. VII.

'WH E R E A S by an Act made in the twentieth Year of his present Majesty, intituled,An Act for taking away and abolishing the Heretable Jurisdictions in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for making Satisfaction to the Proprietors thereof; and for restoring such Jurisdictions to the Crown; and for making more effectual Provision for the Administration of Justice throughout that Part of the United Kingdom, by the King's Courts and Judges there; and for obliging all Persons acting as Procurators, Writers or Agents in the Law of Scotland, to take the Oaths; and for rendering the Union of the two Kingdoms more complete; It is, among other Things, enacted, That there should be but one Sheriff Depute or Steward Depute, in any County, Shire or Stewartry in Scotland, not thereby taken away or abrogated, and that he should be an Advocate of Three Years standing at the least, and should, during the Space of seven Years, from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight, be nominated and appointed by his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, by Warrant under his or their Sign Manual, with such Continuance as his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors or should think fit; and that after the End of the said seven Years, the offices of Sheriff Depute and Steward Depute should be granted and held ad Vitam aut Culpam only, with competent Salaries, to be ascertained and established for the Time of their Continuance: And whereas the salutary Ends and Purposes of the said Offices, and the wise Regulations made by the said Act concerning the same, will best be answered by the said Sheriffs and Stewards Depute, continuing to be appointed by his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors in like manner as they have hitherto been;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by...

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