# Court of Session Act 1850, Section 49: Lord Ordinary may take the evidence by commission except in the enumerated causes.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It shall be competent for the court to allow proof on commission in any of such enumerated causes where the action is not an action for libel or for nuisance, or properly and in substance an action of damages.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/13-14/36/section/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1850/section-49
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