Court of Session (in peerage matters)

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court judicial body supreme civil court

The Court of Session (in peerage matters) is Scotland’s supreme civil court acting as the principal judicial authority for determining questions and disputes relating to Scottish peerage titles.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Court of Session	0	10
Court of Session (Scotland)	0	1
Court of Session Inner House	0	1
Court of Session Rules	0	1
Court of Session in its peerage jurisdiction	0	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court → judicial body → supreme civil court →
alsoKnownAs	Court of Session (in peerage matters) → surface form: Court of Session in its peerage jurisdiction
appliesLaw	Acts of the Parliament of Scotland relating to peerage → Acts of Parliament → surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to Scottish peerage Scots peerage law →
authorityOver	persons claiming Scottish peerage dignities → questions of recognition of Scottish peers within Scotland →
bindingForce	its judgments on peerage matters are authoritative within Scotland →
composition	Senators of the College of Justice →
country	Scotland →
decisionsSubjectTo	appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in certain circumstances →
distinctFrom	House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct → Court of the Lord Lyon → surface form: Lord Lyon Court
exercises	original jurisdiction in peerage disputes →
function	determination of rightful holders of Scottish peerage dignities → interpretation of charters and patents of Scottish peerage → resolution of competing claims to Scottish peerage titles →
headedBy	Lord President of the Court of Session →
hears	disputes over succession to Scottish peerage titles → questions of precedence among Scottish peers → questions of validity of Scottish peerage titles →
historicalContext	developed from the historic jurisdiction of the Court of Session over dignities and honours in Scotland →
jurisdiction	Scottish peerage → civil law in Scotland →
languageOfProceedings	English →
legalNature	court of record →
legalStatus	College of Justice → surface form: superior civil court of Scotland
legalSystem	Scots law →
locatedIn	Edinburgh →
mayConsider	historical evidence relating to creation and descent of Scottish peerages →
partOf	Court of Session (in peerage matters) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Court of Session
proceduralLaw	Court of Session (in peerage matters) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Court of Session Rules
relatedTo	Scottish peerage → law of succession to dignities in Scotland →
role	principal judicial authority for determining disputes relating to Scottish peerage titles → principal judicial authority for determining questions relating to Scottish peerage titles →
scope	peerage dignities governed by Scots law → peerage titles created under the Scottish Crown →
supervisingAuthority	College of Justice →
typeOfCase	civil case →

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of Session (in peerage matters) → alsoKnownAs → Court of Session (in peerage matters) →

this entity surface form: Court of Session in its peerage jurisdiction

Court of the Lord Lyon → appealsTo → Court of Session (in peerage matters) →