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===Before 1975===
{{main|Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms}}
Sheriffdoms were originally identical to the [[shires of Scotland]], originating in the twelfth century. Until the eighteenth century the office of sheriff was often hereditary, but this was ended following the unsuccessful [[Jacobite Rising of 1745]]. The [[Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1747]] revested the government of the shires in the Crown, compensating those office holders who were displaced. The [[Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747]] reduced the office of sheriff principal to a largely ceremonial one, with a sheriff depute or sheriff substitute appointed to each "county, shire or stewartry".<ref name=whetstone>{{cite journal |last1=Whetstone |first1=Ann E. |year= 1977|title=The Reform of the Scottish Sheriffdoms in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries |journal=Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=61–71 |jstor=4048219}}</ref> The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified [[Faculty of Advocates|advocates]] and took charge of sheriff courts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to Sheriff Court Records|url=http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/sheriffCourt.asp|publisher=[[National Archives of Scotland]]|
The Sheriffs Act of 1747 also began the grouping of two or more counties under as a single sheriffdom. This process continued so that by 1975 there were 12 sheriffdoms with only the county of [[Lanarkshire]] not combined.
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