In Scottish law, a Lord Advocate's Reference is a procedure by which the Lord Advocate can refer a point of law that has arisen during the course of solemn...

Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in the Lord Advocate's name on behalf of the Monarch. The Lord Advocate serves as the head of the systems of prosecutions...

| Sheriff dubs nuclear programme illegal LORD ADVOCATE'S REFERENCE NO. 1 of 2000 BY HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE REFERRING FOR THE OPINION OF THE HIGH COURT...

victim could amount to corroboration of rape of another person. In Lord Advocate’s Reference No. 1 of 2023 it was held by the Inner House that proof of a victim's...

committed accidentally or recklessly or negligently" as upheld in Lord Advocate's Reference No 2 of 1992 where it was found that a "hold-up" in a shop justified...

the court, determines whether to initiate criminal proceedings. Lord Advocate's Reference Staatsanwaltschaft – the German State Prosecutor, who exercises...

2021. "The Lord Advocate's Written Case" (PDF). Gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution...

Falsifiability Findings of facts Is–ought problem Judgment (law) Lord Advocate's Reference Problem of induction Proffatt, John (1877). A Treatise on Trial...

"passive;" she must actively consent. This was established by Lord Advocate's Reference (No. 1 of 2001).[full citation needed] Therefore, a male could...

significance held in the Court. List of leading Scottish legal cases Lord Advocate's Reference Limited to appeals on points of law with respect to human rights...

(Scotland) Act 2010, s.81. Corroboration in Scots law English criminal law Lord Advocate's Reference Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Trial by jury in Scotland...

Justiciary, the supreme criminal court in Scots law, considering a Lord Advocate's Reference, and presenting the first detailed analysis of the ICJ Opinion...

Robert Crichton or Creighton, Lord Elliock (1530–1591), of Elliock, in Nithsdale, was joint Lord Advocate of Scotland. He purchased Clunie Castle and...

is a British lawyer. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He was formerly an active member of...

the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution...

Scottish lawyer, political opponent of the Stuarts monarchy, and reforming Lord Advocate of Scotland from 1692 to 1713. The Jacobites nicknamed him Jamie Wylie...

Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder, 2nd Lord Arniston (1685–1753) was a Scottish lawyer, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722...

Campbell, 1st Baronet, Lord Succoth, FRSE (23 August 1734 – 28 March 1823) was a Scottish advocate, judge and politician. He rose to be Lord President of the...

Oxford Reference. Retrieved 10 March 2014. Mullan, John 'Lost voices', The Guardian, 18 June 1999. Moore, Matthew (12 May 2009). "MPs' expenses: Lord Tebbit...

Scottish Parliament for Lanarkshire in 1681/82 and 1685/86. He was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session in 1685, and a Privy Counsellor and a commissioner...

was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1737 and promoted to Lord Advocate in 1746. He was Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs from 1747 to 1754...

The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-mhorair Cùirt an t-Seisein) is the most senior judge in Scotland...

bubble bursts—and all is air! — Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Byron refers to 'cow-pox', a reference to Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine...

OCLC 2024748. [Alfred, Lord Tennyson] (1850). In Memoriam. London: Edward Moxon. OCLC 3968433. "Poetry Lovers' Page: Alfred Lord Tennyson". poetryloverspage...

supervision of the Lord President of the Court of Session, who delegates to it the task of preparing Intrants for admission as advocates. This task involves...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service...

items in the Inventory, Advocate's Opinions, 1978-1989, were produced under legal professional privilege. Starting in 2018, Lord Hope of Craighead's diaries...

Nairne, Lord Dunsinane, 5th Baronet of Nairne (c. 1731–1811) was a Scottish advocate and judge, and the uncle of Katherine Ogilvie. The title of Lord Dunsinane...

Advocates in 1835, and in 1852 he was made Solicitor General for Scotland in Lord Derby's first ministry, three months later becoming Lord Advocate,...

Scottish advocate and judge who served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1789 to 1806, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1801 to 1808, and Lord President...