2. c. 19) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain[n 1] which applied only to Scotland.

It stated that anyone who was prosecuted on or after 1 April 1748 for treason or misprision of treason could be tried anywhere in Scotland if the crime had been committed in any of the shires of Dunbartain, Stirling,[2] Perth, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Inverness, Nairn, Cromarty,[3] Argyll, Forfarshire, Banff,[4] Sutherland, Caithness, Elgine, Ross, and Orkney.

[6] It also provided that His Majesty's Advocate could move the trial to the High Court of Justiciary,[7] and that peers had the right to be tried by their peers.

[10] The act also began the process of grouping the smaller shires into a single sheriffdom, by creating shared sheriffdoms for:[11]

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