Justiciary

He was kind to some people and was popularly known as the Justiciary; he especially liked the Moors and Jews, who were gratefully glad, poor things, of being liked by any one under the new Christian rule.

Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

He was kind to some people and was popularly known as the Justiciary; he especially liked the Moors and

Familiar Spanish Travels William Dean Howells 1878

In 2007 the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) referred the Megrahi case to the Justiciary, the Scottish Appellate Court, a development that could have led to his acquittal.

Michael Carmichael: Lockerbie and Kafka's Labyrinth 2009

Judicial branch: House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

United Kingdom 2008

United KingdomHouse of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

Judicial branch 2008

Hallam calls the Justiza the Justiciary, but the literal translation,

A Political Treatise 2007

By virtue of the Treason Act 1708, the law of treason in Scotland is the same as the law in England, save that in Scotland counterfeiting the Great Seal of Scotland (the Forgery Act 1830 does not apply to Scotland) and the slaying of the Lords of Session and Lords of Justiciary are adjudged treason.

Think Progress » Bush’s Iraq PR Campaign Falling Flat 2005

As he spoke, the five Lords of Justiciary, in their long robes of scarlet, faced with white, and preceded by their mace-bearer, entered with the usual formalities, and took their places upon the bench of judgment.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Justices — Justiciary — whatever they call their bloodthirsty court, and save your sister from being murdered, and them from becoming murderers.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

After that, we were called to the Justice-room, where the Baron himself was sitting with Colonel Harding, another Justiciary of the

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004