Lord Justice Clerkn.
/ˌlɔːd ˌdʒʌstɪs ˈklɑːk/, U.S. /ˌlɔrd ˌdʒəstəs ˈklərk/ Scots Law.
The vice-president of the High Court of Justiciary and vice-president of the Court of Session, in the latter capacity presiding over the Second Division (one of the two appellate divisions of the Inner House of the Court of Session). Sometimes preceded by a possessive adjective (esp. my) as a form of address or reference.The Lord Justice Clerk may perform any function of the Lord President if the Lord President is incapacitated or suspended, or when the office is vacant.‘Lord’, originally prefixed as a deferential form of address or reference, became officially part of the title in 1681.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > registrar or clerk
Justice Clerk1424
master1561
actuary1570
Lord Justice Clerka1572
registrar1851
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. iv, in Wks. (1848) II. 454 My Lord Justice-Clark heard thame with ane voice say, That in no wayis wald thai consent that onie thing soulde ether here be voited or concludit.
1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. Ep. Ded. sig. aiiv Thay conspyrit maist cruellie aganis my lyf first accusing me be ȝour g. aduocat and my lord Iustice clerk, as thocht I had bene giltie of lese maiestie.
1680 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Second Pt. I. 745 The Covenanters not long after the Lord Justice Clerk his arrival at Court, made their Application to the Scotish Lords then at Court, complaining of the Privy-Council for harsh usage.
1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. ii. iv. 376 Lord Justice-Clerk..he is the Second Person in the Justice-Court, being next to the Justice-General; but now he is one of the Officers of State, though the Justice-General be none.
1770 Universal Mag. Jan. 21/2 It was moved, That the act presented by the Lord-justice Clerk..might likewise be considered.
1825 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. I. 232 The Lord Justice Clerk bought Drumsheuch House.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 541 The Lord-Justice-Clerk in absence of the Lord-Justice-General, is the presiding judge in the Court of Justiciary.
1937 G. R. Thomson & J. T. Middleton Court of Session Procedure 402 The step of process..is a note addressed either to the Lord President or Lord Justice-Clerk.
2010 Cathedral Music May 8/1 The Rt Hon Lord Gill (68), the Lord Justice Clerk, takes up the role in the summer.
Derivatives
Lord Justice ˈClerkship n. the position or office of Lord Justice Clerk.
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1858 Dundee Courier 16 June 2/5 By the elevation of Mr Inglis to the Lord Justice-Clerkship, Mr Bailie, the present Solicitor-General, will naturally be promoted to the office of Lord Advocate.
1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Oct. 897/1 The vacancy in the Parliamentary representation of Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities caused by the elevation of Lord Advocate Macdonald to the Lord Justice Clerkship.
1981 B. Lenman Integration & Enlightenment ii. 17 Compensating Erskine with the Lord Justice Clerkship.
2003 M. Cosh Edinburgh vi. 131 In 1806 younger Whigs succeeded into office..Charles Hope obtaining the Lord Justice Clerkship on old Lord Eskgrove's death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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