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LORD JUSTICE CLERK

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 5 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORD See also:JUSTICE CLERK , in See also:Scotland, a See also:judge next in See also:rank to the lord justice-See also:general. He presides in the second See also:division of the See also:court of session, and in the See also:absence of the lord justice-general, presides in the court of See also:justiciary. The justice clerk was originally not a judge at all, but simply clerk and legal See also:assessor of the justice court. In course of See also:time he was raised from the clerk's table to the See also:bench, and by See also:custom presided over the court in the absence of the justice-general. Up to 1672 his position was somewhat anomalous, as it was doubtful whether he was a clerk or a judge, but an See also:act of that See also:year, which suppressed the See also:office of justice-depute, confirmed his position as a judge, forming him, with the justice-general and five of the lords of session into the court of justiciary. The lord justice clerk is also one of the See also:officers of See also:state for Scotland, and one of the commissioners for keeping the Scottish See also:Regalia. His See also:salary is £4800 a year.

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