The Court of Session Act 1810 was an Act

Act of Parliament

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

 (citation 50 Geo. III c. 112) reforming Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

's highest court

Court

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, the Court of Session

Court of Session

The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and constitutes part of the College of Justice. It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a court of first instance and a court of appeal....

. This Act was a follow-up Act to the Court of Session Act 1808

Court of Session Act 1808

The Court of Session Act 1808 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reformed Scotland's highest court, the Court of Session. Reform of the Court of Session had been proposed as early as 1805 by the Whig government trying to impose a system based on that of England, especially...

 in reforming the Court of Session, creating the two divisions known as the Inner House

Inner House

The Inner House is the senior part of the Court of Session, the supreme civil court in Scotland; the Outer House forms the junior part of the Court of Session. It is a court of appeal and a court of first instance...

 and the Outer House

Outer House

The Outer House is one of the two parts of the Scottish Court of Session, which is the supreme civil court in Scotland. It is a court of first instance, although some statutory appeals are remitted to it by the other more senior part, the Inner House...

. Reform continued with the Court of Session Act 1813

Court of Session Act 1813

The Court of Session Act 1813 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reformed Scotland's highest court, the Court of Session. The Act continued reforms to the Court of Session begun by the Court of Session Act 1808 and the Court of Session Act 1810, creating the divisions known...

 which created the final form of the Outer House, and the Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815 which introduced trial by jury

Trial by jury in Scotland

In Scotland trial by jury is used in serious criminal cases and less commonly in civil cases. There are some similarities with the jury system in England and Wales but some important differences....

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