A corporation consisting of the judges, who are senators of it, barristers, officers of the Court, and higher classes of attorneys, which enjoyed some privileges, but never meets.
Definition source
Kinnear, J. B., Digest of House of Lords Cases Decided on Appeal from Scotland, 1709-1864 — Glossary of Scottish Law Terms (Edinburgh, 1865). Public domain.
Legal Subject: College of Justice |
| Case | Date | Legal Subject | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh v. The Faculty of Advocates, and the Society of Writers to the Signet, in behalf of the College of Justice | 1787 | Jurisdiction, Aliment, Privilege, College of Justice, Tax, Debt | The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh pursued the Faculty of Advocates and the Society of Writers to the Signet, acting on behalf of the College of Justice, for payment of poor's rates assessed upon the College. The suspenders maintained that the College enjoyed an established legal exemption from such assessments by virtue of statute, usage, and judicial acknowledgment, while the magistrates contended that no such privilege existed in law. Both parties submitted informations setting forth their respective positions on whether the College of Justice was liable to contribute to the maintenance of the city's poor. |
Documents discussing this subject (4)
- Reclaiming Petition — Keeper and Clerks to the Signet against Inner-House Interlocutor
- The College of Justice v. The Magistrates of Edinburgh — Information, 20 Apr 1787
- The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh v. The Dean and Faculty of Advocates, the Keeper of the Signet, and Writers thereto — Information, 12 Jun 1787
- The Society of Solicitors before the Court of Session, &c v. The Keeper, Commissioners, and Society of Clerks to the Signet — answers, 14 Jan 1800
