Justiciary Court
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The chief criminal court of Scotland. JUSTICIATUS (Law Lat. from justiciare, q. V.)
In old English law. Judicature, prerogative, or jurisdiction. Blount. JUSTICIES (from justiciare).
In English law. A special writ, in the nature of a commission, empowering a sheriff to hold plea in his county court of a cause which he could not take jurisdiction of without this writ; e. g., trespass vi et armis for any sum, and all personal actions above forty shillings. 1 Burn, Just. 449. So called from the Latin word justicies, used in the writ, which runs, "praecipimus tibi quod justicies A. B.," etc.; we command you to do A. B. right, etc. Bracton, lib. 4, tr. 6, c. 13; Kitch. Cts. 74; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 117; 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 3, 6.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The supreme criminal court of Scotland, composed of five lords of Session, with the lord president or justice-clerk as president The justices hold three circuits, 'and an appeal lies to the House of Lords.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Thechief critminal court of Scotland, consisting of five lords of session, added to the justice general and justice clerk; of whom the justice general, and, in his absence, the justice clerk, is president. This court has a jurisdiction over all crimes, and over the whole of Scotland.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
v. Court, 96.