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The Act 19 Geo. 2. c. 7, sometimes referred to as the Court of Session (Scotland) Act 1745, Current Law Statutes 1997. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 1998. Volume 3. Alphabetical Table of Statutes. Page 43. was an Act of the
Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...
passed in 1745 and expressly repealed in 1867. It adjourned the Scottish
Court of Session The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh ...
, which was unable to sit whilst
Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
was occupied by Jacobite forces. The Act adjourned the court from 1 November 1745 to 1 June 1746. It further provided that the time period between 16 September 1745 (when Edinburgh was occupied) to 1 June 1746 was to be ignored for legal reckoning, and that any court proceedings active were to be continued in the same state on 1 June 1746 as they had been on 1 November 1745. The Act was expressly repealed as expired by the
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*''The statutes at large from the 15th to the 20th year of King George III'' ol. XVIII Charles Bathurst, London. 1765. *''Chronological table of the statutes''; HMSO, London. 1993. Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1745 Court of Session 1745 in Scotland Repealed Great Britain Acts of Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning Scotland Jacobite rising of 1745 {{Scotland-law-stub