Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts

E131285

Scottish statutes series of Acts of the Scottish Parliament

The Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts are a series of Scottish statutes that modernise and govern the rules on what evidence is admissible and how it may be used in civil court proceedings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988	1
Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 2014	1
Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1144983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts
Context triple: [Scots civil law, regulatedBy, Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts]

A. Scots civil law
Scots civil law is the branch of Scotland’s mixed legal system that governs private law matters such as contracts, property, family, and obligations between individuals and organizations.
B. Judicature Acts
The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.
C. Scots law (to a limited extent)
Scots law (to a limited extent) is the distinctive mixed legal system of Scotland, combining elements of civil law and common law traditions.
D. Administration of Justice Act
The Administration of Justice Act was one of the British "Intolerable Acts" of 1774 that altered legal procedures in the American colonies, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
E. Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that established devolved government in Scotland by creating the Scottish Parliament and defining its powers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts
Target entity description: The Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts are a series of Scottish statutes that modernise and govern the rules on what evidence is admissible and how it may be used in civil court proceedings.

A. Scots civil law
Scots civil law is the branch of Scotland’s mixed legal system that governs private law matters such as contracts, property, family, and obligations between individuals and organizations.
B. Judicature Acts
The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.
C. Scots law (to a limited extent)
Scots law (to a limited extent) is the distinctive mixed legal system of Scotland, combining elements of civil law and common law traditions.
D. Administration of Justice Act
The Administration of Justice Act was one of the British "Intolerable Acts" of 1774 that altered legal procedures in the American colonies, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
E. Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that established devolved government in Scotland by creating the Scottish Parliament and defining its powers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish statutes ⓘ series of Acts of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
appliesTo	civil proceedings ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Criminal evidence statutes in Scotland ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British Parliament Scottish Parliament ⓘ
governs	admissibility of business records as evidence ⓘ admissibility of hearsay evidence in civil proceedings ⓘ admissibility of prior statements of witnesses ⓘ competence and compellability of witnesses in civil proceedings ⓘ proof of foreign law in civil proceedings ⓘ requirements for corroboration in certain civil cases ⓘ use of affidavits and written evidence in civil proceedings ⓘ use of documentary evidence in civil proceedings ⓘ
includes	Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 ⓘ linked to: Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 2014 ⓘ linked to: Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalArea	civil evidence law ⓘ
legalSystem	Scots law ⓘ linked to: Scots law (to a limited extent)
partOf	Scots civil justice system ⓘ
purpose	to govern admissibility of evidence in Scottish civil courts ⓘ to modernise the law of evidence in civil proceedings in Scotland ⓘ to regulate how evidence may be used in civil court proceedings ⓘ
relatedTo	Court of Session rules ⓘ Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Acts ⓘ Sheriff Court rules ⓘ
scope	rules of evidence in non-criminal proceedings ⓘ
subjectOf	Scottish civil procedure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scots civil law → regulatedBy → Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts ⓘ

Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts → includes → Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 ⓘ

linked to: Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts

Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts → includes → Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 2014 ⓘ