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reduced the office of sheriff principal to a largely ceremonial one, with a sheriff depute or sheriff substitute appointed to each "county, shire or stewartry". The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified
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districts, and each sheriff court is presided over by a resident or floating sheriff (a legally qualified judge). Sheriffs principal and resident or floating sheriffs are all members of the
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The
Sheriffs Act of 1747 also began the grouping of two or more counties under a single sheriffdom. This process continued so that by 1975 there were 12 sheriffdoms with only the county of
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Regions, Island areas and
Districts comprised in sheriffdom from 16 May 1975
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Journal Concerned with British Studies
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573:Areas comprised in sheriffdom from 1 April 1996
1224:Administrative geography of the United Kingdom
498:Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms
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342:Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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319:Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
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418:Association of Commercial Attorneys
53:Justice and Communities Directorate
297:Children's Reporter Administration
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159:Office of the Accountant of Court
1133:"Guide to Sheriff Court Records"
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512:Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1747
226:Lords Commissioner of Justiciary
116:Criminal Cases Review Commission
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89:Courts & Tribunals Service
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1137:National Archives of Scotland
525:lord lieutenant of the county
186:Sheriff Personal Injury Court
99:Office of the Public Guardian
62:Cabinet Secretary for Justice
16:Judicial district in Scotland
1388:Local government in Scotland
983:, (wards 21–30) and part of
516:Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
72:Judicial Complaints Reviewer
1275:Local government in England
608:(wards 11–26); and part of
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104:Scottish Sentencing Council
67:Judicial Appointments Board
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590:The districts of City of
77:Parole Board for Scotland
1077:, each with one or more
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211:High Court of Justiciary
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1075:Sheriff Court Districts
964:Cumnock and Doon Valley
684:, the Islands areas of
666:; and that part of the
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867:Kilmarnock and Loudoun
847:Bearsden and Milngavie
551:local government areas
290:Lord Lyon King of Arms
285:Court of the Lord Lyon
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936:Dumfries and Galloway
823:and that part of the
481:judiciary of Scotland
265:Justices of the peace
1349:Combined authorities
1085:Notes and references
389:Faculty of Advocates
331:Criminal prosecution
243:Sheriff Appeal Court
216:Lord Justice-General
176:Sheriff Appeal Court
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880:West Dunbartonshire
730:Lothian and Borders
606:East Dunbartonshire
302:Children's Hearings
57:Scottish Government
24:Part of a series on
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504:shires of Scotland
406:Solicitor-Advocate
221:Lord Justice Clerk
149:Lord Justice Clerk
94:College of Justice
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532:Lanarkshire
492:Before 1975
471:, led by a
401:Law Society
357:Fiscal fine
1497:Categories
979:; part of
952:Motherwell
894:; part of
884:Inverclyde
859:Inverclyde
829:Kilmarnock
784:Midlothian
740:Midlothian
660:Kincardine
644:Sutherland
604:, part of
538:Since 1975
465:sheriffdom
309:Land Court
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817:Dunbarton
776:Edinburgh
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384:Judiciary
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1256:Counties
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1007:Stirling
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707:Highland
699:Aberdeen
690:Shetland
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678:Grampian
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600:City of
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469:Scotland
394:Advocate
253:Sheriffs
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1029:Central
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592:Glasgow
487:History
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