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Court of Session Act 1988
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(1)The parties to any dispute or question to which this section applies may present a petition in the Outer House setting out the dispute or question and craving that it may be decided by a particular Lord Ordinary, and any such petition shall stand referred to such Lord Ordinary for his determination of the dispute or question.
(2)The parties to any action in dependence in the Outer House not affecting the status of any person may agree by joint minute, or in such other manner as may be prescribed, that the provisions of this section shall apply to the action, and thereafter those provisions shall apply accordingly.
(3)Provision shall be made by act of sederunt under this Act for securing that causes under this section shall be disposed of with as little delay as possible.
(4)This section shall apply to any dispute or question not affecting the status of any person which might competently be the subject of any cause in the Outer House, or which might competently have been the subject of any such cause but for section 7 of the [1907 c. 51.] Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907.
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