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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-commissary-business-2013/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/291",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Commissary Business) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-commissary-business-2013",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act of Sederunt—\n“commissary business” means the business conducted prior to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1876 in the commissary courts and transferred by that Act to the sheriff court, other than the presentation of petitions for appointment of executors dative;\n“presentation of petitions for appointment of executors dative” includes the conduct of proceedings in respect of such petitions;\n“sheriff clerk” includes sheriff clerk depute.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 2 in force at 30.11.2013, see para. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/291/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:41.801181+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}