Scotland, a sheriff-substitute was the historical name for the judges who sit in the local sheriff courts under the direction of the sheriffs principal;...

appoint a sheriff-substitute who acted in his absence. Over time, the judicial duties of the depute were entirely assumed by the substitute and the depute...

office of sheriff depute should be known as sheriff principal), and that sheriffs-substitute should be known as sheriff, stating: 4 Offices of sheriff principal...

Lanarkshire was then divided into two wards, each with their own sheriff-substitute: Over Ward was administered from Lanark, and Nether Ward was administered...

extension in the late 1990s and continues to be used as a courthouse. A sheriff-substitute, who was resident in Peterhead, was first appointed in 1841. In the...

1760 – 8 July 1847) was a Scottish law agent, agriculturalist and sheriff-substitute of the county of Lanark. He was an authority on all matters bearing...

in 1853, he was appointed an advocate depute in 1860 and served as Sheriff-Substitute of Shetland from 1865 to 1878. He was knighted on 14 January 1899...

official one, given on 3 January 1829 to the sheriff-substitute, the procurator fiscal and the assistant sheriff-clerk. The second was in the form of an interview...

Hugh Barclay (1799–1884) was a Scottish lawyer and sheriff substitute of Perthshire. Barclay descended from the old Barclay family of Fife, and was born...

a sheriff-substitute was appointed, who was resident in Kilmarnock. The first hearing took place in November 1847. Initially, the sheriff-substitute had...