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Quotation dates: 1825
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ADHERE, v. Sc. law.
1. The word "adhere," in Scottish judicial practice, . . . means that a judgment which has been pronounced in a lower court is confirmed or sustained or upheld by the higher court. (A.C.M.)Sc. 1825 R. Chambers Traditions (1847) 122:
The decisions were generally announced in the words "Adhere" and "Alter" — the former meaning an affirmance, the latter a reversal, of the judgment of the Lord Ordinary.Sc. 1825 Cases dec. in C. of Session ed. Shaw III. 618:
The Court, however, unanimously adhered.
2. Of married persons, to live together See Adherence.
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