Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
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The Lord Commissioner of Justiciary is a senior judicial office in Scotland’s supreme criminal court, the High Court of Justiciary, responsible for presiding over serious criminal cases and appeals.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Commissioner of Justiciary canonical | 3 |
| Lord of Justiciary | 2 |
| Lords Commissioners of Justiciary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9696553 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Commissioner of Justiciary Context triple: [Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, positionHeld, Lord Commissioner of Justiciary]
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A.
Lord Advocate
The Lord Advocate is the senior Scottish Law Officer who serves as the chief legal adviser to the Scottish Government and head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland.
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B.
Lord Justice Clerk
The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, serving as the deputy head of the judiciary and presiding over the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session.
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C.
Lord Chancellor of Scotland
The Lord Chancellor of Scotland was a senior Great Officer of State who served as the kingdom’s chief legal officer and a leading political figure, often acting as the monarch’s principal minister and head of the judiciary.
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D.
Lord Justice General
The Lord Justice General is the senior judge who serves as the head of Scotland’s criminal judiciary and presides over its supreme criminal court.
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E.
Lord President of the Court of Session
The Lord President of the Court of Session is the most senior judge in Scotland, serving as head of the country’s supreme civil court and of the Scottish judiciary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Commissioner of Justiciary Target entity description: The Lord Commissioner of Justiciary is a senior judicial office in Scotland’s supreme criminal court, the High Court of Justiciary, responsible for presiding over serious criminal cases and appeals.
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A.
Lord Advocate
The Lord Advocate is the senior Scottish Law Officer who serves as the chief legal adviser to the Scottish Government and head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland.
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B.
Lord Justice Clerk
The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, serving as the deputy head of the judiciary and presiding over the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session.
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C.
Lord Chancellor of Scotland
The Lord Chancellor of Scotland was a senior Great Officer of State who served as the kingdom’s chief legal officer and a leading political figure, often acting as the monarch’s principal minister and head of the judiciary.
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D.
Lord Justice General
The Lord Justice General is the senior judge who serves as the head of Scotland’s criminal judiciary and presides over its supreme criminal court.
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E.
Lord President of the Court of Session
The Lord President of the Court of Session is the most senior judge in Scotland, serving as head of the country’s supreme civil court and of the Scottish judiciary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish judicial title
ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| appointedFor | High Court of Justiciary ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Scottish judiciary
ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Scotland
|
| canHear |
appeals on conviction
ⓘ
appeals on sentence ⓘ |
| canImpose |
custodial sentences
ⓘ
life imprisonment ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| court | High Court of Justiciary ⓘ |
| governingBody | Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | criminal proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
apply Scots criminal law
ⓘ
ensure proper procedure in criminal trials ⓘ provide written opinions in appeal cases ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | the most serious criminal offences in Scotland ⓘ |
| hasRank | senior judge ⓘ |
| hearsCasesAt |
High Court of Justiciary circuits throughout Scotland
ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary sitting in Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to:
High Court of Justiciary, Glasgow
High Court of Justiciary sitting in Glasgow ⓘ
linked to:
High Court of Justiciary, Glasgow
|
| historicalConnection | College of Justice ⓘ |
| isRoleOf | judge of the High Court of Justiciary ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| legalDomain | criminal law ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
United Kingdom legal system
ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom law
|
| locatedInJurisdiction |
Scottish legal system
ⓘ
linked to:
Scots law (to a limited extent)
|
| oversees | jury trials in serious criminal cases ⓘ |
| partOf |
High Court of Justiciary
ⓘ
Scottish courts system ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Scotland
|
| presidesOver |
appeals from sheriff courts in criminal matters
ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ trials on indictment ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
conduct of criminal trials
ⓘ
directing juries in serious criminal cases ⓘ ensuring fair trial in serious criminal cases ⓘ hearing criminal appeals ⓘ sentencing in serious criminal cases ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | judicial offices in Scotland ⓘ |
| typeOf | senior criminal court judge in Scotland ⓘ |
| usedInLegalSystem | Scots law ⓘ |
| worksUnder |
Lord Justice Clerk
ⓘ
Lord Justice General ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Commissioner of Justiciary Description of subject: The Lord Commissioner of Justiciary is a senior judicial office in Scotland’s supreme criminal court, the High Court of Justiciary, responsible for presiding over serious criminal cases and appeals.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
linked to: Lord Commissioner of Justiciary