# Court of Session Act 1988, Section 51: Interpretation

Extent: S

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
“action” means a cause initiated by a summons;
“the Court” means the Court of Session and, in any provision conferring a power on the Court with regard to a cause before it, means, as the case may be, a Division of the Inner House, a Division sitting with an additional judge or judges or a Lord Ordinary;
“enactment” includes an act of sederuntand an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
“the Inner House” means, in any provision conferring power on it, a Division thereof;
“the Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;
“prescribed” means prescribed by act of sederunt;
“solicitor” has the same meaning as in section 65(1) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/36/section/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1988/section-51
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