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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-42",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/19",
  "legislation_title": "Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Sheriff to preside; jury may view",
  "text": "The sheriff shall preside on the said inquiry; and the party claiming compensation shall be deemed the pursuer, and the proceedings at such trials shall be conducted in like manner as in criminal trials; and, if either party so request, the sheriff shall order the jury, or any seven or more of them, to view the place or matter in controversy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/19/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:19.390609+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."
}