Decisions. Judicial records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Conclusions or resolutions reached after consideration by a judicial body.
Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:
Compendium containing copies of several treatises on Scots Law., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1951
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Institution of the Colledge of Justice', describing the foundation of the College, its procedure and personnel (page i), preceded by an index (folio ii); it appears to have been written after 1613;(ii) Hope's ‘Minor practicks’ (page 45), preceded by an index (page 41);(iii) 'Practiques observed befor The Lords of Sessione Collected alphabeticallie be (?)rj from 1627 to 1637' (page 141), preceded by an index (page 133);...
Dates:
17th century.
Compendium relating to kirklands, teinds, stipends, etc., and miscellaneous law notes., Late 17th century-early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1943
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Compendium relating to kirklands, teinds, stipends, etc., and containing abstracts, practiques, copies of decisions, and correspondence of the reign of Charles I, commencing with a list of the religious houses in Scotland, with their district, order, and founder (folio i);
(ii) Miscellaneous law-notes, citing decisions from 1666 to 1675 (page 295) with an index (page 551).
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Copy, 17th century, of Sir Thomas Hope's ‘Minor practicks’, followed by a list of chapters., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17811
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
Copy, late 17th century to 18th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Major Practicks’ by Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie., 1st half of 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.3(a)
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.3.20).
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy, mid-17th century-18th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Major Practicks’., 1st half of 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.7
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.3.8).
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy, mid-17th century-18th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, 'Minor Practicks', and commentary on Justinian, 'Digest', 'Codex' and 'Novellae'., 1st half of 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.6
Scope and Contents
Also contains paraphrases of Justinian (Digest, Codex, Novellae), and other works.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.3.7).
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy of the decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1681-1684, collected, late 17th century, by Sir Patrick Home of Renton, volume I., 1681-1684.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This is an older copy of Adv.MS.24.3.4 containing volumes I and II.
Dates:
1681-1684.
Copy of the decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1684-1688, collected, late 17th century, by Sir Patrick Home of Renton, volume II., 1684-1688.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.6(a)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This is an older copy of Adv.MS.24.3.4 containing volumes I and II.
Dates:
1684-1688.
Decision in action concerning George Brown, Haddington, and his wife Margaret Edingstone., 1662.
Item
Identifier: Ch.5885
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.
Dates:
1662.
Decisions of deacons of the masons and wrights crafts at Haddington against John Kyle, wright., 1700.
Item
Identifier: Ch.5894
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.
Dates:
1700.
Decisions of the Court of Session collected by Lord Durie., 1621-1642.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14782-14783
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1621-1642.
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1592-1609, collected, 17th century, by Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington., 1592-1609.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.1(i)
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1592-1624, collected, 17th century, by Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington., 1592-1611.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.1(iii)
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1609-1624, collected, 17th century, by Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington., 1609-1624.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.1(ii)
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1681-1684, collected, late 17th century, by Sir Patrick Home of Renton., November 1681-March 1684.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.4(i)
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.4.27).
Dates:
November 1681-March 1684.
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1684-1687, collected, late 17th century, by Sir Patrick Home of Renton., November 1684-July 1687.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.4(ii)
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.4.28).
Dates:
November 1684-July 1687.
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1687-1688, collected, late 17th century, by Sir Patrick Home of Renton., November 1687-July 1688.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.4(iii)
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.4.29).
Dates:
November 1687-July 1688.
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1733-1737, collected, eighteenth century, by James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, volume I., December 1733-July 1737.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.13
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1733-1747, collected, 18th century, by Patrick Grant, Lord Elchies, volume I., 1733-July 1747.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.5.8
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1737-1740, collected, eighteenth century, by James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, volume II., November 1737-June 1740.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.14
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1738-1745, collected, 18th century, by Sir James Fergusson, Lord Kilkerran, volume I., 1738-1745.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.7.2.2(i)
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1740-1742, collected, eighteenth century, by James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, volume III., June 1740-July 1742.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.15
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1746-1749, collected, 18th century, by Sir James Fergusson, Lord Kilkerran, volume II., 1746-1749.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.7.2.2(ii)
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1747-1754, collected, 18th century, by Patrick Grant, Lord Elchies, volume II., November 1747-1754.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.5.9