Decisions. Judicial records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Conclusions or resolutions reached after consideration by a judicial body.
Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:
Unidentified legal treatise., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17825
Scope and Contents
The first leaf of the treatise, along with most of the second and third and some others have been lost. The text is arranged in 85 tituli. No cases later than the 1630s appear to be cited. This is followed (folio 94) by a selection from Haddington's ‘Practicks’ and by some extra, un-numbered tituli. Loosely inserted (folios 105-106) is a copy of an act concerning the highway through Inveresk.
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 .
Volume of financial records of the Incorporation of Seamen of Prestonpans., 1668-1712.
Item
Identifier: MS.1993
Scope and Contents
The volume contains boxmaster’s accounts of expenditure (folio 1) and receipts (at the end, inverted), with relevant decisions.
Dates:
1668-1712.
Volume of practicks.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.8
Scope and Contents
(i) `Practiques Observed By the Judicatories of the Kingdome of Scotland, According to the Municipal Lawes Sett ffurth By Sir Thomas Hope of Carse, Knight Advocat for his Majesty. Written by Charles Tais yor Writter in Perth. 20 December 1701`, i.e. ‘Minor Practicks’ by Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall. In the title ‘Carse` is scored through and ‘Craig Hall’ added in pencil. The confusion of father and son appears also in MS.5898(vii) (a volume which was compiled in 1682-1683 by James Blair of...
Dates:
1626-1639, 1701.
Volume of works relating to Scots law in various seventeenth-century hands., 1583-17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3170
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Haddington's ‘Decisions’, from 1609 to 1623 (folio 1), 'wryten be Johne McKenzie, servitor to Mr. Rorie McKenzie, Advocat' (folio 101 verso); the same version as in MS. 2707;(ii) 'Informationes anent Consistories, qrby the usefulness and necessitie of these is evinced and prejudices against them is satisfied and declared', in the same hand (folio 102);(iii) 'Instructions to the Commissrs of Edr.', in the same hand (folio...
Dates:
1583-17th century.