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Decrees of declarator. Legal instruments.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scots law. A form of action by which some right of property, servitude or status, or some inferior right or interest, is sought to be judicially declared. Source: Bell, William. 'Dictionary and digest of the law of Scotland'. 7th edition.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Decreet of declarator in case Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun against Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenson concerning the marches of Saltoun and West Pencaitland., 25 March 1684.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14547
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.

Dates: 25 March 1684.

Extract of decreet of reduction and declarator in favour of Adam Bell of Belford and Robert Scott of Horsliehill, against Thomas Ker of Hownam., 1683.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7642
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.

Dates: 1683.