High Court of Justiciary

noun

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

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

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The family will now take its case to Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary for determination.

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Previously, only the Supreme Court and the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland would be allowed to depart from these rulings.

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Since the world court has no guaranteed authority to carry out a criminal sentence, Scottish authorities charged the two defendants in a special Scottish High Court of Justiciary established at an unused U.S.

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In 1597, on November 12, four women were tried by the High Court of Justiciary, in Edinburgh, on various charges of witchcraft.

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