The civil jurisdiction of the sheriff court extends to most kinds of action and is normally unlimited by the scale of the case, the sheriff having a jurisdiction in virtually all matters of civil law and all types of procedure with the exception of certain statutory appeals and applications to the Court of Session.
La compétence des sheriff courts couvre la quasi-totalité des affaires de droit civil et tous les types de procédure à l &apos; exception de certains types de recours et de requêtes qui relèvent de la Court of Session.