In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
“action” means a cause initiated by a summons;
“the Court” means the Court of Session and, in any provision conferring a power on the Court with regard to a cause before it, means, as the case may be, a Division of the Inner House, a Division sitting with an additional judge or judges or a Lord Ordinary;
“enactment” includes an act of sederunt[F1and an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament];
“the Inner House” means, in any provision conferring power on it, a Division thereof;
“the Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;
“prescribed” means prescribed by act of sederunt;
“solicitor” has the same meaning as in section 65(1) of the M1Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 51 inserted (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 5 para. 43; S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), sch.
Marginal Citations