Scotland. sheriff depute, sheriff substitute: see 1b sheriff major, sheriff principal: designations formerly given to the sheriff (in the original…

Originally: a supreme judge in a particular division of the realm, a justiciar (see justiciar, n. 1a). Later: the (nominal) president of the…

Senator of the College of Justice: in Scotland, the official designation of a Lord of Session.

Scottish. A judge presiding over one of the courts in Scotland which were first established in Scotland in 1563 after the Reformation to replace the…

Chiefly Medieval History. A judge of a superior court. Cf. justice, n. 5b, justiciary, n.2 1a.

The president of the High Court of Justiciary.

A member of the Court of Session.

Originally: a clerk of a superior court presided over by a justice representing the monarch. Later: the principal clerk of the High Court of…

(the title of) a newly appointed judge of the Court of Session.

Law. Of a judge: having regular jurisdiction, i.e. exercising authority by virtue of office and not by special deputation; esp. empowered ex officio…

Scotland. sheriff depute, sheriff substitute: see 1b sheriff major, sheriff principal: designations formerly given to the sheriff (in the original…

Scotland. In early times (from the 12th cent.) a high officer of a county with functions more or less analogous to those of the English sheriff of…