Court of Session

American

noun

(in Scotland) the highest civil court.

Court of Session British

noun

the supreme civil court in Scotland

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Ministers then challenged this decision in the Court of Session, sparking a lengthy series of complex appeals.

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But a judge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh dismissed the petition and said there was "no procedural unfairness" in the local authority's vote.

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Three days of legal argument are due to begin at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

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The captain's wife has raised an action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, seeking an immediate halt to the removal of the captain and the ship from the UK to America.

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The commissioner also warned he would "not hesitate to refer the matter to the Court of Session" if ministers failed to comply by Thursday - a week on from the original deadline.

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