The chief criminal court of Scotland, consisting of five lords of session, added to the justice general and justice clerk; of whom the justice general, and, in his absence, the justice clerk, is president. This court has a jurisdiction over all crimes, and over the whole of Scotland. BelK … [Read more...]

Exercises between martial men and persons of honor, with spears, on horseback; different from tournament a, which were military exercises between many men in troops. 24 Hen. VIII. c. 13. Justum non est aliquem antenatnm mortuum faeere bastardnm, qui pro tota vita sua pro legitimo babetnr. It is not just to make a bastard after his death one elder born who all his life has been … [Read more...]

Judicature; prerogative. … [Read more...]

A child, a young person who is below the age of adulthood or the majority. Young persons. … [Read more...]

In English law. A writ directed to the sheriff, empowering hlin, for the sake of dispatch, to try au action in his county court for a larger amount than he has the ordinary power to do. It is so called because it is a commission to the sheriff to do the party justice, the word itself meaning,"You may do justice to 3 Bl. Comm." … [Read more...]