Elucidation to Table VII. Jurisdiction Table. 3. Scotch Scales

(b) Session Bill Chamber

Of the several scales of jurisdiction included in the judicial establishment of Scotland those in which the Bill Chamber constitutes one of the stages differ from the English scales of jurisdiction in this, viz. that in an English scale the suit never travels from a lower to a higher stage unless conveyed [...?] by Appeal: whereas in these[?] Scottish scales though[?] in the manner represented in the Table it is conveyed upward, by Appeal, it also feeds its way into the same superordinate justicatory without Appeal, and of course. If the decision given in the Bill Chamber be not appealed from, the suit in its natural and shortest course, goes without any appeal upwards into the Lower House, then down to one/an[?] [...?] House then up again into the Lower House: if it be appealed from, it still takes the same course, unless thrown out, it is terminated, as may be, either out[?] from the Bill Chamber, or from the Lower House, it still may be by a decision of the Lower House. The above [...?] takes the same course

(a) Scales of jurisdiction

What concerns the proceedings in the Bill Chamber is taken from [...?] Form of Process etc 8[?] Edinburgh [?] and other Bills System of Forms of Deeds[?] 8[?] Edinburgh 1804 Vol. VI.

(a) (being Scottish) unless when otherwise mentioned,

The information contained in this division of the Table is taken from Erskines Principles of the Law of Scotland, 8vo Edinburgh, 1791. 7th Edition. B.i. Title 2,3,4,5,6.

/The difference is real in this one case it goes without argument, in the other case for the purpose of argument, carrying with it of course the delay vexation and expense attached to argument./