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sheriff court

n
(Law) (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
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| A call to police about the driving of a motorist resulted in teaching assistant Michelle Graham appearing in the dock at Dumfries Sheriff Court.
Around PS60,000 worth of fines imposed at Paisley Sheriff Court over the last year have still to be paid.
One man was fined at Peterhead Sheriff Court for two offences, and then avoided paying for months despite warning letters.
His agent Frazer McCready told Stirling Sheriff Court last Wednesday that the offences involving the knives had been deferred to await the outcome of a sheriff and jury case.
A deferral for background reports was ordered and Cairns resurfaced at Airdrie Sheriff Court last week for sentencing.
At Hamilton Sheriff Court, Sheriff Allan McKay sentenced 41-year-old Speedie to eight months.
An employee discovered a stash of the class A drug amphetamine sulphate - known as speed - in the room at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
Court Ref No F1546/14 A Motion and Minute of Amendment has been lodged in Glasgow Sheriff Court by JAMES LOMAS, Pursuer, Pursuer calling calling as a Defender, Defender MELISSA MASON.
It upheld the appeal and remitted the case to the Sheriff Court, to deal with any 'renewed applications'.
Ian Hamilton, 83, has accused the banking giant of concealing the state of its finances and has brought the case to the small claims court at Oban Sheriff Court.
The man, aged 47, was with members of the public outside Haddington sheriff court, in East Lothian.
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