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Defences. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: General name given to the pleas offered for the defender, in order to elide or exclude the action, and comprehending all exceptions, objections, or allegations of whatever kind, which may be stated against the conclusions of the libel. Source: Bell, William. 'Dictionary and digest of the law of Scotland'. 7th edition.

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Administrative correspondence and papers of James Stuart., 1777-1783.

 File
Identifier: MS.8425
Scope and Contents The papers consist of:(i) Correspondence, 1777, concerning the administration of Tanjore (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence, 1782-1783, including some copies and extracts, chiefly concerning administration and a mutiny at Bidanore, and other papers (folios 38);(iii) Papers, 1782-1783, concerning a court of enquiry and a court-martial held by James Stuart, into the conduct of the officers who surrendered the forts of Trincomalee and Ostenburg to the French...
Dates: 1777-1783.