A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all...

administration of all the sheriff courts in their jurisdiction. Sheriffs principal also sit as appeal sheriffs in the Sheriff Appeal Court; hearing appeals against...

Glasgow Sheriff Court is a sheriff court in the Gorbals (Laurieston) area of Glasgow, within the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. Reputedly the...

sheriff is the chief of law enforcement of a county. Sheriffs are usually either elected by the populace or appointed by an elected body. Sheriff's offices...

others in their court-related functions. In Canada, the High Sheriff provides administrative services to the supreme and provincial courts. The office existed...

the Peace Court Ayr Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Banff Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Campbeltown Sheriff Court and Justice...

court and a court of appeal. As a trial court, the High Court sits on circuit at Parliament House or in the adjacent former Sheriff Court building in...

Edinburgh Sheriff Court is a sheriff court in Chambers Street in Edinburgh, within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh and Borders. Until the mid-1990s, hearings...

is handled by the local sheriff courts, which are arranged into six sheriffdoms led by a sheriff principal. The sheriff courts have exclusive jurisdiction...

Scotland there are justice of the peace courts and sheriff courts, rather than magistrates' courts or Crown Court as in England and Wales, and the College...