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  "long_title": "This Order amends section 1(1) of the Court of Session Act 1988 so as to increase the maximum number of persons who may be appointed as judges of the Court of Session from 25 to 27. The Order revokes the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 1991 which had previously increased the number to 25.",
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