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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nautical-assessors-scotland-act-1894/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/57-58/40",
  "legislation_title": "Nautical Assessors (Scotland) Act 1894",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nautical-assessors-scotland-act-1894",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "The expression “Court” shall include the Lord Ordinary and either Division of the Court of Session, and the Sheriff principal and sheriff, but the expression Sheriff principal shall not include Sheriff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 4"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/57-58/40/section/7",
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  },
  "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."
}