Legal documents.
Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Incorporation of Hammermen of Perth.
Nine letters of Andrew Stuart.
With other papers concerning the Douglas Cause.
Note of the production made by the heirs of David McCulloch in the action of improbation and reduction raised against them at the instance of James Somerville of Drum.
Notebooks of John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session, containing full notes of the cases in which he participated both as advocate (criminal cases only, 1841-1858) and judge (civil and criminal cases, 1858-1889).
Each volume has a contents list. Inglis was Lord Advocate in 1852 and 1858, Lord Justice Clerk from 1858 to 1867, and Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1867 to 1891.
‘Notes and observations on heretable and redeemable rights with stiles of transmissions thereof, method of making up titles, signatures etc., by question and answer. By a select body of Writers to the Signet’.
Notes on legal forms and procedures written by James Wintrope, Hawick.
Short treatises collected from the reports of a society of Gentlemen established in collecting reports relating to the law of Scotland, on numerous procedures, different points of law with notices of the state of the records, etc.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (Jac V.1.1).
Notes on the hearing of the Roxburghe Peerage Case before the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords, June-July 1808, and March 1809.
Observations on Scots law, including notes on runrig lands.
Office records of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
`Opinions Excise Scotland`, a volume containing copies of cases and opinions of Crown counsel in excise matters relating to Scotland.
The volume is stated (folio i) to have been copied for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, February 1752, from a book in the Excise Office at Edinburgh. It is prefaced by an indexed table of contents.
Original, and some contemporary copies, of charters and other formal documents relating to the claim by George Cockburn, Haldane of Gleneagles to the ancient Earldom of Levenax, or Lennox.
Almost all of these papers were used in the claim to the ancient earldom of Levenax, or Lennox, drawn up [but not brought to the House of Lords] by George Cockburn, Haldane of Gleneagles. An inventory of these documents and papers is available.
Papers, 1704-1733, relating to the dealings of William Law, goldsmith and burgess of Edinburgh, with John Mackenzie of Delvine, advocate, his sons George and Alexander, and Colin Mackenzie of Rossend, with a modern biographical note, undated, on Law.
Papers, 1746, assembled by Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope.
The papers were gathered for use in evidence at the Board of Enquiry into Cope`s conduct as Commander-in-Chief in Scotland before the Battle of Prestonpans and at the battle itself.
Includes an account books of Cope`s concerning the Queen`s Regiment of Dragoons, 1741-1749.
Papers, 1769, concerning the feu held by Robert Ord in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
With a plan of the site of Ord`s house and garden, and a copy, 1767, of building and feuing regulations for the New Town.
With unrelated burgess ticket, 1713.
Papers and correspondence of Cornelius and Robert Lundie, Ministers of Kelso.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers collected and compiled by John Francis Campbell.
Mainly concerning the history and genealogy of the Campbells.
Papers concerning James Ballantyne and Co`s Trust and Sir Walter Scott`s literary and financial affairs.
Papers concerning persons named Thomson.
Comprising marriage contracts, 1690, 1781, bond, 1690, and two other papers, 1798, 1804 (Leith and Musselburgh).
Papers concerning Scottish history.
Papers concerning sea laws.
With manuscript and printed items.