# Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (repealed), Section 25: Definitions: “high judicial office:” superior courts:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following expressions have the meaning herein-after respectively assigned to them; that is to say.
“High judicial office” means any of the following offices: that is to say,
The office of ... Judge of one of Her Majesty’s superior courts of Great Britain and Ireland:
“Superior courts of Great Britain and Ireland” means and includes,—
As to England, Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice and Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal, . . . ; and
As to Northern Ireland, Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland; and
As to Scotland, the Court of Session:
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/39-40/59/section/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/appellate-jurisdiction-act-1876-repealed/section-25
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