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REPORT, v., n. Sc. Law:

I. v. Of a judge of first instance: to remit (a case or a part of it) to a body of his colleagues, gen. the Inner House, for decision (see quots.). Hence (Lord) Reporter, the judge who does this.Sc. 1722 W. Forbes Institute I. iv. 208, 218:
When any Ordinary agrees to report a Cause, or some Point therem, to the whole Lords. . . . When the Lords have taken their Seats on the Bench, the Lord Reporter first in Course takes his Chair, at the End of the Clerks Table, and reports the Causes one or more he has made Avisandum with.Sc. 1785 Morison Decisions 850:
The cause was reported by the Lord Ordinary, when a great majority of the Court were influenced by the consideration of the common usage.Sc. 1798 Monthly Mag. (Sept.) 175:
When the Lord Ordinary, instead of giving a decision himself, reports the cause, on account of its intricacy or importance to the whole judges.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 852:
Reporting the case, as it is expressed, to the Inner-House, i.e. transmitting the process and argument, for determination in the Division of the Court to which it belongs.Sc. 1931 Encycl. Laws Scot. XI. 578:
Where the Lord Ordinary reports the whole cause he pronounces an interlocutor reporting the cause, which is sent to the roll of the Division. The Lord Ordinary may also report an incidental matter.

II. n. The remitting of a law case by a judge to the decision of a larger court on points of difficulty.Sc. 1722 W. Forbes Institute I. iv. 207:
For getting the Opinion of the whole Lords in any Cause, or Point of Difficulty, taken to avisandum by particular Ordinaries in their respective Provinces, in the outer House, at the Side-bar, etc. Two Lords are allowed by Turns to make their Reports each Session Day.Sc. 1916 J. A. Maclaren Ct. Session Practice 969:
The Lords having considered the cause on the report by the Lord Ordinary.