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Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".

Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of the Rutherfurd family of Edgerston.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7676
Scope and Contents

Including deeds and legal and financial papers, with some correspondence.

Dates: 14th century to 19th century.

Papers of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3435
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. two minute books, 1923-1949

2. sederunt book, 1932-1949

3. lists, 1924-1949, of officer bearers.

Dates: 1923-1950.

Papers of the Skene family of Hallyards in Midlothian.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.10
Scope and Contents Most of the documents belonged to John Skene (died 1644), the second son of Lord Curriehill, and to his son John, 2nd of Hallyards (died before 1699).The subjects include estate matters (in particular, the teinds of Hallyards) and political matters such as the sequestration of goods in the second half of the 17th century, and the raising and quartering of troops. The elder Skene was a Clerk of Session, and a number of legal papers are included in the volume, one of which (folio...
Dates: 1563-1710.

Papers of Thomas Mackay Cooper.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6188/1-26
Scope and Contents The surviving personal and legal papers of Thomas Mackay Cooper, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge and historian (1892-1955). Lord Cooper passed Advocate in 1915 and was created a K.C. in 1927. He was Conservative M.P. for West Edinburgh, 1935-41, Solicitor-General for Scotland, 1935, and Lord Advocate, 1935-41. In 1941 he succeeded as Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper, and became Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from January 1947 to...
Dates: circa 1920-circa 1955.

Papers, printed and manuscript, relating to the claim of Colonel William Fullarton of Glenquich to the title and dignity of Lord Spynie.

 File
Identifier: MS.116
Scope and Contents

Includes the remarks of Lord Hailes on the Spynie peerage case (folio 92), and copies of deeds relating to the lands of the Abbey of Lindores, 1592, 1736, 1738 and 1743 (folio 130).

Dates: 1592, 1736-1743, 1784-1785.

Photocopies of papers concerning the Omay family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7004
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. Paper, 1750, in a case between Duncan Omay of Kilchumkill and the 3rd Duke of Argyll

2. Letter and account, 1801, of John Forbes to Messrs Moddy and Omay, concerning collection of debts of a Scottish business in the United States

3. Letter, 1813, of Hector Macneill to Samuel Omay

4. 19 letters, 1813-1836, of John Galt to Samuel Omay.

Dates: 1750, 1801, 1813-1836.

Photographs and translations of documents concerning the trial of George Buchanan by the Inquisition at Lisbon.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.10.1.9
Scope and Contents

Photographs of five documents connected with the imprisonment, trial, sentence and release of George Buchanan by the Inquisition in Portugal, 16 August 1550 to 28th February 1552, with descriptive notes (typewritten) by Guthrie.

Dates: 1550-1552.

"Practiques of the Law of Scotland".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11941
Scope and Contents

Contains:

1 "Actes of Parliament Ordine Alphabetico Anent Crymes"

2 "Practickes re Land", 1666

3 "The Ordinarie Forme of Proces Befor the Lordes of Sessione", 1669.

Dates: circa 1666-1669.

Precept of dare constat by William Ker in favour of John Shiel.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.3865
Scope and Contents

Concerning lands of Kirknowe, Roxburghshire.

Dates: 1717.

Printed papers and manuscript notes by Lord Shand concerning the Free Church Appeal Case in the House of Lords.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.36.1.8
Scope and Contents

The contents consist of Lord Shand’s copy of the House of Lords papers in the Free Church appeal case (The general assembly of the Free Church of Scotland and others v the Right Honourable John Campbell, Lord Overtoun and others), 1904, with his Lordships manuscript notes and the printed draft judgements of Lords Davey, Robertson, and Lindley.

Dates: 1904.