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:
Papers concerning Archibald Constable and the works of Sir Walter Scott., 1823-1827.
File
Identifier: MS.3581, folios 88-118
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Copies of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Archibald Constable, presenting him with the manuscripts of the ‘Waverley Novels’, and of Constable's reply (folio 88);'Memorial & queries of Messrs. Archd. Constable & Company as to encroachments on the works of the Author of ‘Waverley’ by authors of dramas and condensations, 1823, with holograph answers by Francis Jeffrey, 1824 (folio 91);'Case and queries for the opinion of...
Dates:
1823-1827.
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...
Dates:
1584-1686, and undated.
Papers concerning the claim of Henry Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn to the Earldom of Dundee., 16th century-17th century, 1843.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.11
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a genealogical table, and draft statements and opinion by John Riddell, 1843, and undated (folios 1-160), extracts made apparently in 1846 of 16th- and 17th-century public records relating to members of the family (folios 161-179), and a small miscellany of other papers (folios 180-190).
Dates:
16th century-17th century, 1843.
Papers concerning the Peers of Scotland., 1707-1761.
File
Identifier: MS.17534
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise a list of Peers according to the Rolls of the last Parliament of Scotland, 1707; copy of a petition by them to Queen Anne concerning their right to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a peerage of Great Britain, 1710; notes of limitations on Scots peerages, 1740; opinion on the succession to Lord Newark, 1741; the Earl of Bute's list for voting at the election of Representative Peers, 1747; ten proxies, signed but not completed, for the same election; two claims to...
Dates:
1707-1761.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1688-1699, undated.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/11(iii)
Dates:
1688-1699, undated.
Papers relating to the professional affairs of David Hope., 1965-1994.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13568/1-79
Scope and Contents
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:
1965-1994.
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.
Reports, memorials, opinions and other papers relating to roads, turnpikes, railways and other county business., 1825-1841.
File
Identifier: MS.19587
Dates:
1825-1841.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the development of the highways and turnpike roads in the County of Angus, in which Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar (died 1854) played an important part.
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Papers, chiefly correspondence, relating to the building, financing, maintenance and repair of the turnpike roads of Angus.
Taylor Collection: papers relating to Scottish affairs.
File
Identifier: MS.68
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Notarial copy of the proceedings in the case of the magistrates of Elgin v the Procurator of the Church of Scotland, 1713. (Folio 1.)(ii) 'Memorial concerning the opposition offered by the Bank of England to the draught of a warrant for a charter to incorporate the proprietors of the Scots Equivalent Debentures', 1719. (Folio 12.)(iii) Correspondence, 1719, of the Lord Advocate, Sir David Dalrymple, on the prosecution of the...
Dates:
1713-1790.
Two cases under the Copyright Act submitted to Mr Tidd for opinion.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/22
Dates:
1823.
Volume, compiled 1752, of the ‘Attorney General`s Opinions` on English excise cases, 1672-1707.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.2.2
Scope and Contents
The collection is said by John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, to have been `Copyed from a Book in the excise Office at Edinburgh and gifted to me by the Commissioners of Excise`. The case opinions are arranged chronologically and refer almost entirely to duties, allowances and other regulations on spirits, beer, cider, perry and vinegar. Entries from page 197 postdate the Union of 1707.
Dates:
1672-1707.
Volume containing papers concerning peerages attainted after the 1715 and 1745 Rebellions., 1818-1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.8
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Opinions, 1826, concerning the forfeiture of the Earldom of Cromartie (folios 1-52);(ii) Letters, 1818-1819, and papers including transcripts of documents and opinions, 1829, and undated, concerning the claim of Sir Thomas Livingstone, 7th Baronet, of Westquarter, to the title and dignities of Earl of Linlithgow and Callendar (folios 53-119);(iii) Draft remarks, 1828, on the claim of William Maxwell of Caruchan...
Dates:
1818-1829.
Volume of speeches, tracts and other papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Part of a speech to the English Parliament on the financial affairs of James I, probably by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ?1610 (folio 1).(ii) Copy, dated 1613, of Salisbury`s speech to Parliament, 15 February 1610. For summaries, see ‘A Life of Robert Cecil’, pages 297-299, and ‘Parliamentary Debates in 1610’, pages 1-9 (folio 4).(iii) Notes on rumoured preparations by Catholic forces, by Mr Foster,...
Dates:
Late 16th century-17th century.