Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825

II Who shall be exempted from being returned or serving on Juries.

Provided always, and be it enacted, That all Peers, all Judges of the Supreme Courts, including the Judge Admiral and Commissaries of Edinburgh, all Sheriffs and Stewarts of Counties or Stewartries, all Magistrates of Royal Burghs, all Ministers of the Established Church, and all other Ministers of Religion, who shall have duly taken and subscribed the Oaths and Declaration required by Law, and whose Place of Meeting shall be duly registered, and all Parochial Schoolmasters, also all Advocates practising as Members of the Faculty of Advocates, all Writers to the Signet practising as such, all Solicitors practising before any of the Supreme Courts, all Procurators practising before any Inferior Court, having severally taken out their annual Certificates, all Clerks or other Officers of any Court of Justice actually exercising the Duties of their Offices, all Gaolers or Keepers of Houses of Correction, all Professors in any University, all Physicians and Surgeons duly qualified as such, and actually practising, all Officers in His Majesty's Navy or Army in full Pay, all Officers of Customs or Excise, all Messengers at Arms, and other Officers of the Law, shall be and are hereby freed and exempted from being returned, and from serving upon Juries.