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Court of Session Act 1825
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XXIIIOf Consultations of the Judges in doubtful Questions.
And be it further enacted, That in order to preserve Uniform in the Decisions of the Court, and to settle doubtful Questions of Law which may arise, the Judges of either Division may, in all Causes in which the Judges of the Inner House shall be equally divided in Opinion, direct the Cause to be judged either by the Inner House Judges of both Divisions, or by the whole Court, including the Lords Ordinary; and in such Cases as it shall appear to them advisable to have any Question occurring before them settled by the Judgment of the whole Court, the Judges of either Division may order that such Matter shall be heard before the whole Judges ; and Judgment shall in all Causes be pronounced according to the Opinion of the Majority of the Judges present; and the Interlocutor shall bear to be the Judgment of the Division before which the Cause depends after consulting with the other Judges.
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