1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Sederunt, Act of

31180791911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 24 — Sederunt, Act of

SEDERUNT, ACT OF, in Scots law, an ordinance for regulating the forms of judicial procedure before the Court of Session, passed by the judges under authority of a power originally conferred by an act of the Scottish parliament, 1540, c. 93. A quorum of nine judges is required to pass an act of Sederunt.