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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1991/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1397",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1991",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act of Sederunt unless the context otherwise requires\n“the Act of 1987” means the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987;\n“committee of examiners” means the committee appointed under rule 6(1) below;\n“Lyon Clerk” means the Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records;\n“Lord Lyon” means the Lord Lyon King of Arms;\n“Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;\n“Policy” means, except in Schedule 2, the single document referred to in rule 9(2) below;\n“regional sheriff clerk” means a sheriff clerk appointed by the Secretary of State to be a regional sheriff clerk;\n“sheriff clerk” means the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court in which the application for a commission as a sheriff officer was granted; and\n“the Society” means the Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers.\n(2) A reference to a specified form in this Act of Sederunt means the form so specified in Schedule 1 to this Act of Sederunt or a form substantially to the same effect with such variation as circumstances may require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1397/article/2",
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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."
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