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DEU ET MON DROIT
SCOTCH LAW PRACTITIONERS ACT,
1856.
IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
VICTORIA.
SESSION 4, No 33.
ANALYSIS.
Title. Courts of Scotland may be admitted to
Preamble. practise in the Supreme Court.
- Persons qualified to practise in the Sheriff 2. Short title.
AN ACT to enable persons qualified to practise in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland Title.
to be admitted to practise in the Supreme Court.
(Assented to 16th August, 1856.)
WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the privilege of en- Preamble.
rollment to practise as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court
of New Zealand to persons qualified to practise or to be ad-
mitted to practise in any Sheriff Court in Scotland.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand
as follows:
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In addition to the persons qualified to be enrolled in the Persons qualified to
Supreme Court of New Zealand to practise therein as Solicitors, practise in the Sheriff
there may, from and after the passing of this Act, be enrolled so Courts of Scotland
to practise in the said Court, all persons who shall have been may be admitted to
admitted to practise as Writers or Solicitors in any Sheriff Court practise in the Su-
in Scotland or who shall have become qualified to be admitted preme Court.
so to practise in any such Court. -
This Act may be cited for all purposes as the "Scotch Short title.
Law Practitioners Act 1856."
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🏛️ Scotch Law Practitioners Act, 1856
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 August 1856
Legislation, Scotland, Supreme Court, Solicitors, Admission to practise