Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JUDICIAL, adj. In Sc. Law: pertaining to or in consequence of various proceedings under the authority of a law court; used in such expressions as judicial declaration, examination, reference, remit, sale, etc., where Eng. law uses a different term (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 47), and esp. in phrs. judicial factor, applied to a person appointed by the Court to manage the property of someone who is unable to administer it himself (Ib.); judicial factory, the office of such, corresponding in Eng. to a receivership. See also Factor, n. (2).Sc. 1849 Act 12 & 13 Vict. c. 51 § 1:
The Expression “Judicial Factor” . . . shall mean Factor loco tutoris, Factor loco absentis, and Curator bonis.Sc. 1885 J. Lorimer Hand-Bk. Law Scot. § 1480:
To take measures for the preservation of the estate . . . by the appointment of a judicial factor.Sc. 1936 Manchester Guardian Wkly. (13 March) 207:
A judicial factor or equivalent in Scotland of a trustee.
