Extraordinary Lord of Session

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Extraordinary Lord of Session was a senior judicial office in Scotland’s supreme civil court, the Court of Session, held on a part-time or occasional basis by a noble or distinguished figure.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Extraordinary Lord of Session canonical 6
Lord of Session 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish legal office ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
branchOfLaw civil law ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
courtLevel supreme civil court ⓘ
function to sit as a judge in the Court of Session ⓘ
heldBy distinguished figure ⓘ
noble ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
partOf Court of Session ⓘ
relatedTo Ordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ
selectionCriteria distinction in public life ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
status historical office ⓘ
subordinateTo Lord Justice Clerk ⓘ
Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
tenureType occasional ⓘ
part-time ⓘ
usedFor augmenting judicial capacity of the Court of Session ⓘ
workLocation Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry → positionHeld → Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo → positionHeld → Lord of Session ⓘ
linked to: Extraordinary Lord of Session
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen → positionHeld → Lord of Session ⓘ
linked to: Extraordinary Lord of Session
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry → positionHeld → Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry → positionHeld → Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry → positionHeld → Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry → positionHeld → Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry → positionHeld → Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
Henry Cockburn → positionHeld → Lord of Session ⓘ
linked to: Extraordinary Lord of Session
Francis Jeffrey → positionHeld → Lord of Session ⓘ
linked to: Extraordinary Lord of Session
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun → positionHeld → Lord of Session ⓘ
linked to: Extraordinary Lord of Session