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    The Court of the Lord Lyon, or Lyon Court, is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland...
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    The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish...
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    and the Court of the Lord Lyon. The current Lord President of the Court of Session is Lord Carloway, who was appointed to the position on 18 December 2015...
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    Procurator fiscal (category Prosecution services of the United Kingdom)
    Arms. The Court has its own Procurator Fiscal, an independent official prosecutor.""History of the Court of the Lord Lyon". Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived...
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  • with the Court of the Lord Lyon and once had a chief who bore undifferenced arms, but does not have a chief currently recognised as such by Lyon Court. Before...
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    Esquire (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Additaments". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2013. "Lairds". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived...
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    issues. The judiciary of Scotland, except the Lord Lyon King of Arms, are united under the leadership and authority of the Lord President and Lord Justice...
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    clan. The clan is recognised by Court of the Lord Lyon; however, it does not have a Clan Chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Because the clan...
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    the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms. Most clans have their own tartan patterns, usually dating from the 19th...
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    common law courts to act and that the court that is so empowered does not now sit. In Scotland, Lord Lyon King of Arms is the judge of the Lyon Court, which...
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  • Laird (category Society of Scotland)
    recognition in a territorial designation by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. They are usually styled [name] [surname] of [lairdship]. However, since "laird" is...
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    Arms in London or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. In the mediaeval era, many great nobles employed their own officers of arms. Today, there still...
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    the first province to adopt one officially was Nova Scotia in 1956 (when registered at the Court of the Lord Lyon; adopted by law in 1963), and the most...
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  • by Scottish law of the Court of the Lord Lyon, there is no definitive authority on which surnames are regarded as Irish clans. Clans of Ireland is a modern...
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    types of cases are heard in the Court of the Lord Lyon, which is a standing civil and criminal court, with its own judge – the Lord Lyon King of Arms and...
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    Coronet (category Types of jewellery)
    (PDF). Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 14 October 2020. "Practical Heraldry for the Self-Isolator (5B)" (PDF). Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 14 October...
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    the Scottish National Party have been admonished by the Court of the Lord Lyon for their non-authorised use of the banner. Despite such action, the flag...
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  • chiefs by the Court of the Lord Lyon or by the modern clan society itself (which is not the same entity as the ancient Clan MacLeod). Guy MacLeod of Talisker...
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    pursuivants of arms that are recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms. These are appointed by clan chiefs to look after matters of clan heraldry...
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    Clan Anderson (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, as the clan does not currently have a chief recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon, it is therefore...
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    Kingdom and is vested in the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The earliest reference to the Lyon, as such, dates to the reign of Robert the Bruce in 1318, although...
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    Website of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta Media related to King of Arms at Wikimedia Commons The Court of the Lord Lyon The College of Arms The Canadian...
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    Heraldry for Scottish baronies is governed by the court of the Lord Lyon. The Court of the Lord Lyon issued a ruling in April 2015 that may recognise...
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    of 5, all of which had been approved by the Court of the Lord Lyon. The chosen design was that of Duncan Tullock of Birsay, which polled 53% of the 200...
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  • deemed "an heraldic device" by the Court of the Lord Lyon. Because heraldic devices must be authorised by this court, some clubs have been required to...
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    recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, as the clan does not currently have a chief recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon, it is therefore...
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    Since 1981, the clan has been officially registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, which is the heraldic authority of Scotland. The clan is considered...
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    Arms of Clan Fraser since 1 May 1984, by decree of the Court of the Lord Lyon. She is also the head of the Scottish lowland family the Frasers of Philorth...
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    Machine "The "Lion Rampant" Flag". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2008. pointing at the Lyon King...
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    appeal for cases from the Outer House and from appeals in civil cases from the Court of the Lord Lyon, Scottish Land Court, and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland...
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