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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-further-amendment-scotland-act-1874/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/37-38/64",
  "legislation_title": "Evidence Further Amendment (Scotland) Act 1874",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-further-amendment-scotland-act-1874",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation of terms.",
  "text": "In this Act the term “sheriff” includes sheriff substitute, and any person appointed by a sheriff to take evidence on commission according to the present law and practice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "References to sheriff and sheriff substitute to be construed as references to sheriff principal and sheriff respectively; Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58) s. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/37-38/64/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:25.107289+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."
}