Justiciar of Scotia

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The Justiciar of Scotia was a senior royal judicial and administrative officer in medieval Scotland responsible for overseeing law and order in the northern part of the kingdom.

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Surface form Occurrences
Justiciar of Scotland north of the Forth 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative office
judicial office
medieval Scottish office
royal office
analogousTo English Justiciar NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Scotia NERFINISHED
northern Scotland
appointedBy King of Scots NERFINISHED
coexistsWith Justiciar of Galloway NERFINISHED
Justiciar of Lothian NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of Scotland
exerciseOfPower administrative authority in the king's name
judicial authority in the king's name
follows Scottish common law NERFINISHED
governs royal justice in northern Scotland
hasAuthorityOver local royal officials in northern Scotland
sheriffs in Scotia
hasDuty enforcing the king's peace
hearing appeals from lower courts
implementing royal legislation
itinerant justice
overseeing law and order
overseeing sheriffs in northern Scotland
presiding over pleas of the Crown
royal justice administration
supervision of local courts
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
languageOfRecord Latin
Scots
legalDomain civil disputes involving the Crown
criminal law
officeCreatedIn 12th century
officeHolderRole justiciar
officeType great officer of state
partOf Scottish judicial system
Scottish royal administration
region Scotia (area north of the Forth) NERFINISHED
seatOrBase peripatetic court
status defunct office
subordinateTo King of Scots NERFINISHED
Scottish Crown NERFINISHED
successorOffice centralized Scottish judicial institutions

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Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl heldOffice Justiciar of Scotia
this entity surface form: Justiciar of Scotland north of the Forth
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan positionHeld Justiciar of Scotia
Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar positionHeld Justiciar of Scotia
this entity surface form: Justiciar of Scotland north of the Forth
Walter of Moray positionHeld Justiciar of Scotia