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Outer House

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of session sit as single judges to hear causes. The term is used colloquially as expressive of the business done there, in contradistinction to the "Inner House," the name given to the chambers in which the first and second divisions of the court of sessions hold their sittings. Bell, Diet.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Scotch) The lower branch of the court of sessions.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Courts of Scotland. 0UTFANGTHEF. A liberty in the ancient common law, whereby a lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor and taken for felony in another place out of his fee, to judgment in his own court. Du Cange. See Infangthef.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of session sit as single judges to hear causes. The term is used colloquially as expressive of the business done there in centradistinction to the 'Timer House," the name given to the chambers in which the first and second divisions ofithe court of session hold their sittings. Bell.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The name given to the great hall of the parliament house in Edinburgh, in which the lords ordinary of the court of session sit as single judges to hear causes. The term is used colloquially as expressive of the business done there in contradistinction to the “Inner House,” the name given to the chambers in which the first and secoud divisions of the court of session hold their sittings. Bell.