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dean of guild

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dean of guild

Head of one of the numerous trade guilds in Scottish burghs prior to the Burgh Reform Act of 1834 . Their function was to act as arbiter in all mercantile and maritime affairs within the burgh. Subsequently the dean of guild was mainly concerned with regulating the erection of suitable buildings and condemning those unfit for habitation.

The powers of the dean of guild were exercised through a Dean of Guild Court, but these were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and the functions of the dean of guild were transferred to the local authority responsible for building control in the area concerned.



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