Bills. Legal Instruments.

Scope Note: Scots law. Petitions presented to the Court of Session asking for the sealing of letters with the King's signet as was necessary in the case of certain 'privileged summonses'. Bills were also at one time necessary in suspensions and advocations and in applying for various kinds of diligence. Source: Dewer (A). 'Student's glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946).