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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1825/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1825/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo4/6/120",
  "legislation_title": "Court of Session Act 1825",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1825",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "No judgment to be pronounced till the record be made up and closed.",
  "text": "In ordinary causes where the defender shall make appearance, and neither party shall abandon the cause, neither the lord ordinary officiating in the outer house, nor the court, shall proceed to give judgment upon the merits in the cause, until the respective averments of the parties in fact, and their pleas in matter of law, shall, as herein-after directed, be set forth on the record, and the record made up and authenticated in manner herein-after appointed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo4/6/120/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:58:27.040763+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}