College of Justice

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judicial body legal institution

The College of Justice is the collective term for Scotland’s supreme civil courts and associated legal institutions, including the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.

Aliases (8)

Court of Session ×3
Court of Session of the Church of Scotland ×1
Faculty of Advocates ×1
First Division of the Inner House ×1
Inner House of the Court of Session ×1
Scottish judiciary ×1
Supreme Courts of Scotland ×1
superior civil court of Scotland ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial body → legal institution →
alsoKnownAs	Supreme Courts of Scotland →
appliesLaw	Scots civil law → Scots criminal law →
country	Scotland →
establishedBy	James V of Scotland →
establishedInYear	1532 →
foundedUnderMonarch	James V of Scotland →
governs	Court of Session procedures → High Court of Justiciary procedures →
hasAuthorityOver	Court of Session Inner House → Court of Session Outer House → High Court of Justiciary sitting in Edinburgh → High Court of Justiciary sitting on circuit →
hasBuildingComplex	Parliament House complex →
hasComponent	Court of Session → Faculty of Advocates → High Court of Justiciary → Office of the Accountant of Court → Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland → Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet →
hasHistoricalRole	central institution of Scots law →
hasProfessionalBody	Faculty of Advocates → Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland → Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet →
hasSeat	Parliament House, Edinburgh →
hasType	supreme court system →
historicalSignificance	established institutional framework for Scots law →
includes	Scotland’s supreme civil courts → Scotland’s supreme criminal court →
jurisdiction	civil law in Scotland → criminal law in Scotland →
language	English → Scots →
legalSystem	Scots law →
legalTradition	civil law influenced mixed system →
locatedIn	Edinburgh →
oversees	appellate civil jurisdiction in Scotland → serious criminal cases in Scotland →
partOf	Scottish legal system →
regionServed	Scotland →
supervises	advocates in Scotland → solicitors with rights of audience in supreme courts →
supremeCivilCourt	Court of Session →
supremeCriminalCourt	High Court of Justiciary →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lord President of the Court of Session ("Court of Session") → Lord President of the Court of Session ("Scottish judiciary") →	headOf
Lord President of the Court of Session ("Inner House of the Court of Session") → Lord President of the Court of Session ("First Division of the Inner House") →	officeHoldersSitIn
Parliament House, Edinburgh → Parliament House, Edinburgh ("Faculty of Advocates") →	usedBy
College of Justice ("Supreme Courts of Scotland") →	alsoKnownAs
Moderator of the General Assembly ("Court of Session of the Church of Scotland") →	associatedWithBody
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Court of Session") →	hearsAppealsFrom
Court of Session (in peerage matters) ("superior civil court of Scotland") →	legalStatus
Henry Home, Lord Kames ("Court of Session") →	memberOf
Lord President of the Court of Session →	officeHoldersAreMembersOf
Court of Session (in peerage matters) →	supervisingAuthority