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High Court of Justiciary

British  

noun

  1. the senior criminal court in Scotland, to which all cases of murder and rape and all cases involving heavy penalties are referred

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His case is being dealt with in the High Court of Justiciary, where judges can impose a life sentence and an unlimited fine - and people convicted of embezzling more than £100,000 are usually jailed.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Lord Bracadale was appointed to the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary in 2003, and to the Inner House in 2013.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Kavanaugh said the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland denied their appeal and determined there is no bar to their extradition.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022

In due time the trial of the latter, for the forgery, came on before the High Court of Justiciary, when a long and careful investigation of the case was entered into.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

The High Court of Justiciary is fixed permanently at Edinburgh, but its judges go on circuit so many times a year to some of the principal towns, where they hold something like our own assizes.

From The Herapath Property by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

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