Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Act of Sederunt

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​Act of Sederunt, in Scotch Law, an ordinance for regulating the forms of procedure before the Court of Session, passed by the judges in virtue of a power conferred by an Act of the Scotch Parliament, 1540, c. 93. In former times this power was in several instances clearly exceeded, and such Acts of Sederunt required to be ratified by the Scotch Parliament; but for more than a century and a half Acts of Sederunt have been almost exclusively confined to matters relating to the regulation of judicial procedure. Many recent statutes contain a clause empowering the court to make the necessary Acts of Sederunt. A quorum of nine judges is required to pass an Act of Sederunt.

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