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Court of Session Inner House First Division.
This was a petition for the appointment of an interim keeper of the Privy Seal, the office being vacant by the death of the late Earl of Dalhousie. The Court held that intimation to the Lord Advocate was not necessary, and pronounced the following interlocutor:—
“The Lords having considered this petition, nominate and appoint the petitioners to officiate jointly and severally as interim Keepers of the Privy Seal in place of the deceased Earl of Dalhousie, in terms of the prayer of the said petition; and appoint the petition and this deliverance to be recorded in the Books of Sederunt.”
Petitioners' Counsel— G. S. Dundas. Agents— Gibson-Craig, Dalziel, & Brodies, W.S.