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Opinions. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A formal statement of reasons for a judgement given. Source: Concise Oxford English dictionary. 11th ed. Oxford 2004.

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Advocate's opinion notebooks of David Hope., 1978-1989.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13568/1-46
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series comprises notebooks recording David Hope's legal opinions at different stages of his legal career and a fee notebook recording financial matters.

Dates: 1978-1989.

`Book of Opinions`, volumes 2 and 3, containing copies of opinions and memorials of English Crown counsel in matters of customs and excise arising in the Exchequer or Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.1(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents

The volumes were copied in July 1751 for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, from other copies belonging to the Board of Customs in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1727-1746.

Copies, in chronological order, of the opinions given by John Inglis (later Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session), some conjointly with other advocates.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.4.13-81.4.18
Scope and Contents

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: 1846-1858.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1785-1799.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25751-25756
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1785-1799.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1785-1788.

 File
Identifier: MS.25751
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1785-1788.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1788-1789.

 File
Identifier: MS.25752
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1788-1789.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1789-1792.

 File
Identifier: MS.25753
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1789-1792.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1792-1794.

 File
Identifier: MS.25754
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1792-1794.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1794-1797.

 File
Identifier: MS.26755
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1794-1797.

Copies of memorials, queries and opinions made when Lord Hermand was an Advocate., 1797-1799.

 File
Identifier: MS.25756
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, and a distant relative of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. He was admitted advocate in 1765 and elevated to the bench as Lord Hermand in 1799. He died in 1827.

Dates: 1797-1799.

Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., October 1846-March 1848.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: October 1846-March 1848.

Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., March 1848-December 1849.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: March 1848-December 1849.

Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., January 1850-May 1853.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.15
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: January 1850-May 1853.

Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., May 1853-December 1854.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: May 1853-December 1854.

Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., December 1854-November 1856.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: December 1854-November 1856.

Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., November 1856-June 1858.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.

Dates: November 1856-June 1858.

Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1858-1878.

 File
Identifier: MS.13322
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 1858-1878.

Correspondence and papers concerning private entail acts obtained by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1775-1792, 1806-1807.

 File
Identifier: MS.11175
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1775-1792, 1806-1807.

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the Copyright Acts and Bill.

 File
Identifier: F.R.339e/48
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of legal opinions on the Copyright Acts 1860-1861; Copyright Commission 1876-1880; Copyright Bill 1898.

Dates: 1860-1861, 1876-1880, 1898.

Correspondence, chiefly between John Riddell and William Mackenzie of Muirton, Writer to the Signet, and papers, including opinions by Riddell, transcripts of documents and printed session papers in the claim to the Earldom of Buchan by Sir Colin Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, of Kilcoy., 1839-1844, and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).

Dates: 1839-1844, and undated.