Testaments testamentar. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: This document contained the confirmation of the executor of the estate of the deceased when the deceased left a will. It could also contain an inventory of the deceased's movable property and debts, a copy of the will and a bond of caution. If the deceased left no will the document is called a testament dative. Source: Formulary of old Scots legal documents. (Edinburgh: Stair Society, 1985.).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Papers of Charles Baxter, Writer to the Signet, relating to his role as executor of members of the Stevenson family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9977/1-63
Scope and Contents
Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dates:
1830-1983.