The Evidence (Scotland) Act 1866
WHEREAS the Practice of taking Proofs by Commission in Causes before the Court of Session in Scotland is productive of unnecessary Expense and of great Delay in the Administration of Justice: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: